A brief history lesson... 
The firm of Mewburn Ellis LLP has its roots in the partnership of John Clayton Mewburn and George Beloe Ellis which was formed in the 1890s under the name of Mewburn Ellis & Co. Since that time, six members of the Ellis family have been partners in the firm, including George Ellis's daughter, Margaret Dixon, who was the first woman to practise as a UK patent agent. The last of the Ellis family to work in the firm retired in 1988, although the firm still bears the name of the founding partners.

As you might expect the firm has gone through many changes, but through two world wars, fluctuations in the economy and rapid advance of technology the firm has thrived.

And now...
We are a modern, forward-thinking firm handling all aspects of intellectual property, with offices in central London, Bristol, Cambridge and Manchester. We have clients all over the world and the knowledge and expertise to handle intellectual property portfolios of all types and sizes. The number of partners has grown along with the size of the firm.

Our patent and trade mark attorneys are qualified to deal with both UK and European patents and trade marks and are accustomed to managing worldwide portfolios for our clients. We also have a team of in-house specialist lawyers who have many years of experience in the areas of licensing, assignments, technology transfer and due diligence in particular.