Birkett Long’s client, Haven Dredging has been granted patent protection in more than 85 countries for its new technology, Tiamat, after instructing the firm’s specialist Intellectual Property team.

Haven Dredging is the commercial arm and wholly owned subsidiary of Harwich Haven Authority. Their innovative agitation dredging solution, Tiamat, offers lower maintenance dredging costs and is a cleaner process compared to traditional methods. The technology is adaptable and easy to deploy, meaning it is suitable for port authorities and harbour engineers around the world.

Birkett Long has worked with Haven Dredging since 2020 at Tiamat’s inception and every step of the way right up until the launch in April 2023.
The firm’s Intellectual Property team, led by Jonathan Perlmutter, pursued an extensive and widespread filing strategy in order to provide substantial protection to their client and its potential licensees. This ensured a monopoly across most of the countries in the world, allowing license holders the benefit of protection across the full breadth of the area in which they operate the Tiamat.

The team’s strategy ensured that at the time of Tiamat’s launch, their client had been granted more than 85 patents for its technology, including in the UK, across Europe, China and the USA. The patents that Birkett Long executed relate to dredging services across both coastal and harbourside dredging, as well as river dredging.

Jonathan Perlmutter, Partner and Head of Intellectual Property at Birkett Long LLP said: “We are delighted to act for Harwich Haven Authority on this and other matters. When we founded the IP department, the vision was to be able to offer Patent Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney expertise alongside the skills of Corporate, Commercial, Employment, Environmental and Property lawyers in order to create an obvious home for large-scale technology projects in the region. Our work with the Harwich Haven Authority is one of the first fruits of this vision. We could not be more pleased by the immediate appeal and commercial success of the Tiamat project and look forward to supporting them in years to come, providing them with support at home and abroad via our international network of agents.”

Jake Storey, Executive Director of Haven Dredging, said: “The number of patents, and the speed at which they have been granted, is testament to the technical innovation of Tiamat and the expertise of Birkett Long LLP. We are incredibly proud of Tiamat and are encouraged by the positive feedback we are receiving around the globe. Tiamat aims to provide businesses with the opportunity to choose a responsible, sustainable and economical method of agitation dredging – and this level of protection makes for an attractive proposition for potential licensees and commercial opportunities with ports and authorities around the world.”

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