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Karen Russell joins HGF Manchester
August 2010

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Karen Russell from another leading UK firm of patent attorne more...

Iain Armstrong joins HGF Manchester
July 2010

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Iain Armstrong from another leading UK firm of patent attorn more...

Paul Banford joins HGF Manchester
July 2010

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Paul Banfor more...

Matt Dixon recognised as leading IP strategist for second year running
June 2010

We are delighted to report that Matt Dixon, Partner at our London office, has been featured in the 2010 edition of ‘IAM Strategy 250 - The World’s Leading IP Strategist more...

Harrison Goddard Foote is Flying High
April 2010

Robert Harrison IT Director at HGF has taken the media by storm over the last couple of weeks with his interesting hobby of sending meteorological balloons into the atmosphere to t more...

Pre-Budget Report on a reduced rate of corporation tax on income from patents
December 2009

The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has today announced in his Pre-Budget Report a reduced rate of corporation tax for income from patents in the UK. The reduced rate will be 10% com more...

HGF Appoints New Trade Mark Attorneys to Manchester office
October 2009

Harrison Goddard Foote (HGF) is delighted to announce the arrival of two new Trade Mark Attorneys to their team. The  arrival of Lee Curtis (5.11.09) and Rebecca Tilbury from more...

HGF Rugby New Office
October 2009

HGF opens new office in Rugby... HGF patent and trade mark attorneys announce that it is to open its eighth UK office in Rugby on 14th September. This comes just two years after the firm opened its first offices in Scotland with great success, trading on its attorney specialism’s and focus on service delivery. Matt Holmes CPA, EPA, formerly head of IP at Nissan will head the office in Rugby with the brief to grow the firm’s automotive and aerospace portfolios as well as to service the region’s universities and science parks. Matt Commented “I was attracted to HGF because of their strong reputation in the market and their coverage in the UK. I am looking forward to challenges ahead in the current economic climate and feel that the firm’s current offering will help me to drive new business into the Rugby office. Paul Sanderson CEO and the driver behind the firm’s expansion, said “we are delighted that Matt Holmes has made the decision to join the firm and spearhead our growth in the Midlands. He is a formidable attorney with a huge amount of industry and technical knowledge”.

Dominic Schiller Joins HGF Manchester Office
May 2009

HGF is delighted to announce the arrival of Dominic Schiller, formally of EntrIPneur Limited (based in Merseyside) to further strengthen its offering in the North West.Dominic Schi more...

Matt Dixon and Tom Farrand to join HGF
March 2009

HGF are pleased to announce the arrival of Matt Dixon and Tom Farrand who have joined the firm as Partners in its Chancery Lane office to strengthen the firm’s presence in Lo more...

BBC Dragons Den Product infringes Millepede patents, UK patent office announces
March 2009

The Rapstrap reusable tie strip product featured on the BBC’s Dragons Den program in August 2008 which received a £150,000 investment by Dragons James Caan and Duncan B more...