Professor Ruth Annand > Humphreys & Co. > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Humphreys & Co.
14 KING STREET
BRISTOL
BS1 4EF
England

Work Department

Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright, designs and patents.

Position

Senior Associate Solicitor

Career

Qualified as a solicitor in 1974 with Coward Chance (now Clifford Chance). For many
years Director of the University of Bristol School of Law’s prestigious Diploma in Intellectual
Property Law and Practice, and now Emeritus Professor of Law in the University of Bristol.
Appointed Person appointed by the Lord Chancellor under the Trade Marks Act 1994 to
hear appeals from decisions of the Trade Mark Registrar, 2001 – 2021. Awarded CBE for services to Intellectual Property in 2017. First with Humphreys & Co. in 1987.

Languages

Some German

Memberships

Law Society.  Active in the International Trademark Association for many years, having served as a member of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Trademark Office Practices Committee and Vice-Chair of the International Amicus Committee.  Received INTA President’s Award, November 2010.  Principal Editor of INTA’s Practitioner’s Guide to the Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol.

Education

University of Durham, BA in Law, First Class (Hons.)

Lawyer Rankings

South West > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property

(Leading partners)

Ruth AnnandHumphreys & Co.

Humphreys & Co. fields longstanding experience in trade marks, copyright, and designs, where the firm is active in sectors such as electronics, finance, and retail. The practice is led by Robert Humphreys, who is also admitted to practice in Ireland and at the Brussels Bar. Tristan Morse, hailed as a ‘professional solicitor with the right level of assertiveness’, specialises in trade mark, design, and copyright work on a dispute and advisory level, and counts both domestic and international companies amongst his clients. Ruth Annand is another key contact in the firm’s IP group and particularly active in regard to trade marks.