Franks & Co (Mancunium) Limited started life as Mancunium Intellectual Property Ltd and was founded in 2008 in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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Mancunium IP was set up to provide a full service of advice on intellectual property (IP) rights and technology consulting services, including IP management, collaborative invention research and development, project management, patent clearance and novelty searching; patent specifications drafting; infringement and validity assessment, licensing and pre contractual due diligence.


In May 2017, Mancunium IP joined the Franks & Co group of companies and moved into new offices in the Spinningfields business district of Manchester.