Company Details

inCompass IP International incorporating inCompass IP (Europe), inCompass IP (Hong Kong) and Carmichael & Co. (Singapore) comprises a team of attorneys based in our London, Singapore and Hong Kong offices qualified to act directly before the US, UK, European, Singaporean, Hong Kong, Chinese*, New Zealand and Australian Patent Offices. Using our secure, web-based case management system, our team works as a virtual single world-wide team.

Unlike other local firms, who utilize foreign agencies, we provide international IP services directly to local clients - our attorneys are the ones actually handling your matter, not a foreign agent instructed by the local firm. For clients with families of cases, such as some of our large corporate clients, our coverage provides the strategic advantage of ensuring uniformity of prosecution of multi-jurisdictional IP filings as well as reduced prosecution costs.

We are an award-winning firm with attorneys who have been recognised as world-leading practitioners in respected industry journals, and our services have been engaged in major IP court cases.

We provide the full range of IP law services, covering all IP rights including patents, designs, and trade marks. These include: original patent drafting; legal opinions for infringement, validity, and freedom-to-operate; application, prosecution, and grant for all registrable IP rights; enforcement of rights; litigation support; commercialisation services. Our legal opinion services in support of litigation are award-winning.

We also manage renewals for IP portfolios. Our diverse team of attorneys and professionals enables us to provide a renewal payment service which we believe is more competitive than many of the major annuity service providers.

Specific examples of services include: in Europe, we persuade the EPO to grant applications without the need for unnecessary summonses to oral hearings; in China, we use our expertise and experience to report Examiner's objections in clear English with pertinent guidance on issues to be addressed without the need for unnecessary translation or comment; in Singapore, we guide our clients to the most effective examination procedure option.