2025

"The attorneys are good listeners, knowledgeable, and easy to talk to."

"They always make an effort to understand the invention from several, often opposing, points of view to draw out its essence. Conversations are always productive. If required, I can have meetings on short notice to discuss specific issues under the constraint of deadlines."

"Billing is transparent, and if challenged, can be amended to find a compromise to meet the client's requirement."

"They are extremely knowledgeable and very responsive."

"We have a close relationship with several people at Murgitroyd that has developed over a number of years, including handling several of its South African national phase applications, especially in the life sciences and chemical fields. We have confidence in its practitioners to provide us with high-quality patent services."

"The individual working on the [IP] audit was personable and well informed, dealing with what turned out to be a complex issue."

"[They provide] prompt, honest feedback."

"The attorneys we deal with have a technical background and understanding, which makes the process of explaining what we are looking at and the translation of the same into a patent application much smoother."

"Murgitroyd reduces in-house workload at a reasonable cost that helps manage the company's patent and trademark portfolios."

"Excellent responsiveness and attentiveness to details."

"[They are] prompt and proactive."

"[They] are very approachable, flexible, understand the technology and the angle of the inventions we try to protect and always come back with insightful questions in the filing and prosecution stages."

"Excellent service and understanding of our specific inventions and market."

"Murgitroyd has a very large practice with top-quality specialists that have expertise in all technical fields, and its experts are very personable."

"Excellent reputation and responsiveness."

"[They are] easy to work with and understand our technology."

"Murgitroyd is an exceptional firm with many excellent practitioners across technology areas."

Another client appreciates the team's "efficiency, reliability, and quality of work".

"We choose Murgitroyd because of its accuracy and reasonable fees."

"Murgitroyd's practitioners are very exceptional and talented, and their wide experience and deep knowledge in the field of IP always satisfy our clients’ needs."

"Murgitroyd often instructs us for their South African national phase and convention filings. We enjoy working with them, as their instructions are clear and concise. Queries are dealt with timely."

Jocelyn Retter

"I like Jocelyn's work style. She builds a genuine rapport with the academics and flexes her work around the academics' workload."

2024

"The Murgitroyd team are very personable, with a great footprint across the UK and significant expertise in the area of life sciences in which I practice."

"Murgitroyd have a vibrant team with excellent footprint and reputation. Murgitroyd has several offices and patent prosecution specialists throughout Europe, including the United Kingdom. Their primary language of business is English. They provide excellent advice regarding prosecution in Europe and the United Kingdom and they are highly efficient and responsive."

Simon Mitchell

"Simon is an excellent life sciences IP prosecution attorney and is very personable."

"Simon is personable, highly responsive and has an excellent knowledge of patent prosecution in Europe, including the UK. Simon is a terrific chemical and life sciences patent attorney."

Catherine Coombes

"Catherine is a very knowledgeable life sciences IP attorney."

Russell Thom

"Russell is a very knowledgeable patent attorney with excellent patent prosecution skills in Europe, including the United Kingdom. He is accessible and efficient."

2023

"I like the commercial nature of the advice. They know what I want and the fees I am prepared to pay. The response time is very good and I am able to use their systems as my database."

"We appreciate their depth of knowledge and expertise. We have good personal relationships with patent attorneys and value their efficient and professional service."

"I always get answers to my questions immediately and all is very well explained. On top of it, there is always the extra mile taken by Steve Waine where he is explains in the details why we could not register a trademark, what are the risks if any or how we could file against any objections or what the next steps should be and more."

"We value the personal approach."

"They are efficient and quick to respond to questions."

"We appreciate their excellent knowledge of our business."

"We valued having a dedicated contact who knows and understands our specific area of technology, and is able to 'hit the ground running' on all of our patent applications, examinations, objections, monitored competitors, etc. The team are well organised and keep on top of all deadlines. They also have good contacts in other countries."

"They are responsive and knowledgeable."

"They are very approachable, fast-paced, knowledgeable and reliable."