Business Details
20 Years
experience
Your Trusted Legal Partner for IP, IT, and Data Protection
Established in 2006, our firm specialises in transactional intellectual property, IT, and data protection law. With over 30 years of legal experience, including roles at Simmons & Simmons and Latham & Watkins, I lead MRTIPS as a sole practitioner authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Our expertise spans IP assignments, software licensing, data processing agreements, and corporate transactional work. We prioritise clarity in contractual obligations, ensuring terms align with service nature while maintaining stakeholder confidence.Our global professional indemnity insurance through Travelers Insurance Company Limited supports our commitment to reliable legal solutions. We operate with transparency, providing engagement letters detailing scope, fees, deadlines, and liability limits. Our practice combines deep technical knowledge with practical commercial awareness to deliver tailored legal frameworks for businesses navigating IP, IT, and data compliance challenges.
Services
IP Assignments
Software Licences
Data Processing Agreements
Corporate Transactions
Sample Agreements
Details
- Year established: 2006
Highlights and features
- 30+ years of specialist IP/IT legal experience in top-tier firms
- SRA-authorised sole practice with global professional indemnity insurance
- Proven expertise in complex IP transactional frameworks
- Direct client engagement with transparent fee structures
- GDPR-compliant data protection agreement specialisation
Associations and certifications
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
Services
IP Assignments
We draft and negotiate intellectual property assignment agreements covering patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Our service ensures clear ownership transfer while protecting your commercial interests. We address jurisdictional requirements and recordal procedures for global IP portfolios.
Software Licences
Our software licensing expertise covers development agreements, SaaS contracts, and usage terms. We create balanced frameworks protecting licensor rights while providing licensee safeguards through warranties and infringement indemnities. We address cloud deployment models and sub-processor compliance challenges.
Data Processing Agreements
We specialise in GDPR-compliant data processing agreements that satisfy regulatory requirements while remaining commercially practical. Our templates and custom agreements address controller-processor relationships, sub-processor management, and cross-border data transfer mechanisms.
Corporate Transactions
We provide IP due diligence, agreement reviews, and transactional documentation for business sales. Our services include IP audit reports, disclosure letter drafting, and negotiation of IP warranties and indemnities during corporate acquisitions.
Sample Agreements
We offer professionally drafted template agreements including NDAs, software licences, and data processing contracts. These documents provide legally sound starting points while requiring professional adaptation to specific business contexts and regulatory environments.
People
Mark Robinson
Solicitor & Owner
Qualified solicitor with 30+ years' experience in IP law. Former Simmons & Simmons and Latham & Watkins lawyer. Sole practitioner at MRTIPS since 2006. Holds LLB and IP Diploma. SRA ID 167950.
Questions
What areas of law does MRTIPS specialise in?
We focus on intellectual property transactions, IT contracts, and data protection law, including software licensing, IP assignments, and GDPR-compliant agreements.
How do you handle international IP agreements?
We address jurisdictional requirements and recordal procedures for global IP portfolios, with experience in cross-border technology transfer agreements.
Can I use your sample agreements without legal review?
Our templates provide starting points but require professional adaptation to ensure suitability for specific business contexts and regulatory environments.
What identification is required to engage your services?
We require identity verification to comply with anti-money laundering regulations before commencing work on any client instructions.
How are your fees structured?
Fees are agreed upfront in engagement letters detailing scope, deliverables, and deadlines. We provide transparent pricing without hidden charges.
Do you offer data protection compliance support?
Yes, we provide GDPR-compliant data processing agreements and advise on organisational data protection requirements and policy frameworks.
Reviews (2)
XxAnna The LoserxX
Mar 30, 2021
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Positive:Responsiveness
They did an amazing job to help my mother! But the whole time someone was yelling? They yelled something like "NoNOOO!" and "PIGEON NO!", I'm curious if anyone knows who this is? They also yelled "TWITCH!" so I wanted to try and find them :) It'd be awesome if anyone could help!
They did an amazing job to help my mother! But the whole time someone was yelling? They yelled something like "NoNOOO!" and "PIGEON NO!", I'm curious if anyone knows who this is? They also yelled "TWITCH!" so I wanted to try and find them :) It'd be awesome if anyone could help!
Ink Pot
Feb 23, 2021
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Positive:Professionalism,Quality
Good place but there's some ghost living next door calling himself ghostbur
Good place but there's some ghost living next door calling himself ghostbur
