Jeremy Blum > Bristows LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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100 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT
LONDON
EC4Y 0DH
England
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Jeremy Blum

Work Department
IP Litigation, Brands
Position
Jeremy is an IP specialist and has advised on many contentious matters. He has a particular focus on trade marks, design and copyright as well as confidential information. He has advised on a number of high profile disputes before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Court of Justice, EUIPO and General Court. He has even led the advocacy before the Court of Justice.
Jeremy has acted in some of the leading cases that have developed intellectual property law such as:
- L’Oreal v eBay which concerned the liability of online e-commerce platforms and was the first case to consider injunctions against non-infringing intermediaries
- Cadbury v Nestle which concerned the registrability of the shape of a four fingered KitKat chocolate bar
- Glaxo v Sandoz concerning the colour and shape of an asthma inhaler for passing off
Jeremy also has extensive registered design, unregistered design and copyright litigation experience for a diverse range of products ranging from luxury jewellery and fashion, plastic containers, artworks, pharmaceutical products and consumer goods.
Jeremy is a specialist in advising on strategies to combat IP infringement in the digital world and has advised on a number of cases regarding online infringement. As a consequence, Jeremy also has a particular interest in cross border injunctions and jurisdiction for ~EU trade marks and designs as well as copyright.
As part of his breach of confidential information practice, Jeremy has considerable experience in arbitration. Jeremy specialises in arbitration involving technical subject matter and his cases have ranged from chemical compounds used in deodorants to chemical processes. Many of his arbitration cases involve substantial damages claims
Career
Qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court 2002 (New Zealand);
Qualified Registered Patent Attorney 2005 (New Zealand);
Qualified 2008 (England and Wales);
Partner 2014
Education
LLB (Law) / BA (Politics), Victoria University of Wellington
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
(Leading partners)A major player in a variety of sectors, from pharmaceuticals and biotech to media and luxury goods, Bristows LLP‘s extensive range of capabilities that span the full spectrum of trade mark, copyright, and design issues enables it to be a top choice for blue-chip clients. The team is praised for having the ‘heft, intellect and legal and technical expertise to run the biggest IP litigation’. The practice is jointly led by Richard Dickinson, who possesses particular capabilities in the media and entertainment, consumer products, and retail industries, Nellie Jackson, who is the driving force behind the trade mark portfolio management practice, and Paul Jordan, whose strengths encompass advertising clearance, brand restructuring, and brand launches. Experienced litigator Jeremy Blum and trade mark expert Ian Gruselle further bolster the practice, and Simon Clark is also noted for his wide-ranging experience across contentious and non-contentious mandates.
Lawyer Rankings
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Leading partners London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Industry focus > TMT
Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Employment > Employers