James Fish > J A Kemp > London, England > Lawyer Profile
J A Kemp Offices
80 Turnmill Street
London
EC1M 5QU
England
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James Fish
Work Department
Trade Marks and Designs
Position
Partner, European and UK Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Solicitor
Career
James is head of the Trade Marks and Designs Group. James’s experience since 1996 has included extensive handling of multi-jurisdictional clearance searching; advising on filing strategy; trade mark prosecution of unusual marks; conducting trade mark related litigation; and handling anti-dilution campaigns. Clients appreciate James’s pragmatic and cost-conscious approach. James joined the firm in 2002 from international law firm Clifford Chance.
James works with a variety of clients worldwide in a number of sectors, in particular pharmaceuticals, electronics, medical devices and the wine industry.
James is Co-editor of the Trade Mark Handbook (a Thomson Reuters publication) and Author of Practical Law’s “Pharmaceutical Trade Marks” (a Lexis Nexis publication). James travels extensively and is a frequent visitor to Japan and Korea.
Memberships
Member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple; Member of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA); UK Council Member and Treasurer of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI-UK); Chair to CET Group 1 (European Community Trade Mark matters) of FICPI International
Education
University of Manchester, Honours Degree in Law (LLB), LLM International Business Law
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
With offices in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Paris, and Munich, J A Kemp is well placed to obtain trade mark protection for a wide range of clients, including those from the US, Japan, and Scandinavia. James Fish sits at the helm of the practice with significant experience in conducting multi-jurisdictional clearance searching and filing strategies, while Tom Albertini leads the designs team. Charlotte Stirling handles contentious trade mark matters for start-ups, as well as household name clients. Another key name in the team is Oxford-based Ben Mooneapillay, whose client base consists of SMEs and large corporates in the luxury goods, entertainment, sports, food, fashion, and gaming sectors, to name a few.
Lawyer Rankings
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