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Joel Vertes

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Position

Partner
Co-Head of Intellectual Property

Career

Joel Vertes is a Partner in CMS’s “Band-One” ranked IP team – one of the largest dedicated IP teams of any law firm. Joel has spent 20 years acting as IP “consiglieri” to his clients, and working on the full life-cycle of clients’ IP rights. He is equally comfortable filing and protecting IP rights, enforcing those rights in litigation, and advising on deals ensuring clients commercialising their innovations.

Joel is a highly experienced litigator, with particular expertise in trade mark, copyright, database right, confidentiality, anti-piracy and other IP disputes. He has led many high-profile litigation matters before the UKIPO, EUIPO, the High Court and the CJEU.  He manages the IP portfolios of some of the world’s largest brands, working alongside CMS’s significant in-house trade mark and patent attorney practice.

Joel also has a significant non-contentious and advisory practice. He has extensive experience of complex technology, copyright, trade mark and software licensing, joint ventures, collaboration agreements and similar deals. He has acted for many clients, including software giants, oil & gas conglomerates, fashion houses, restaurants, hotels and fintech and automotive businesses, exploiting their technologies and brands on a cross-border basis. He regularly advises businesses on the IP aspects of M&A transactions. Finally, he also heads the firm-wide, full-service franchising practice.

Finally, Joel is jointly responsible for CMS Umbra – our transformative AI-driven patent monetisation product.

Memberships

  • British Franchise Association – Accredited Professional Advisor since 2014

Education

  • 2006 – Postgraduate Diploma in Commercial IP (Distinction), Nottingham Law School, Nottingham.
  • 2002 – Legal Practice Course, Commendation, College of Law.
  • 2001 – MA (Law), Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Lawyer Rankings

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)

A versatile team, CMS‘s arsenal of skills span cloud computing, medical devices, and a host of other technologies, routinely litigating in this space across a variety of courts, notably assembling a pan-European UPC Insight Group for assistance with cases before the UPC. The practice is led by Mark Shillito, who utilises his vast experience to be a reliable choice for blue-chip technology and telecoms companies in complex patent disputes, and Sarah Hanson, whose transactional capabilities across the life sciences and healthcare sectors enhance the firm’s patent offering. Caitlin Heard enjoys expertise in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation, while Joel Vertes is noted for his wide-ranging abilities that encompass joint ventures, collaboration and R&D agreements, among others. Toby Sears principally focuses on patent litigation, licensing, and generative AI mandates.

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design

Regarded as a ‘well-prepared’ team with ‘great technical knowledge’, CMS‘s breadth of practice is demonstrable through its involvement in copyright and design infringement cases, database right claims, and portfolio work, to name a few areas. The practice is spearheaded by Sarah Wright, who is routinely entrusted by blue-chip clients for advice on their new trade mark portfolios, Joel Vertes, who is highly capable of assisting clients with complex copyright and technology disputes, and Tom Scourfield, who is considered a tour-de-force in the consumer and retail sector. Louise Gellman principally focuses on the protection, exploitation, and enforcement of trade mark rights, with David Parrish also able to navigate through the lifecycle of trade mark rights with his clients. Caitlin Heard is well-versed in handling IP disputes arising from the technology sector. Other key names in the practice include Anna Brackenbury, Eleanor Merrett, and Ben Hitchens.

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