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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
J A Kemp has offices located across the UK, including in London, Oxford, Cambridge, as well as in Paris and Munich. The team advises clients on a wide range of trade mark strategy matters, including filing, defending, and opposing applications in the UK, Europe, and globally. Its impressive client roster includes domestic corporations, start-ups, spin-outs, and growing businesses, as well as international corporations and prestigious academic institutions; it is also regularly instructed by US, Japanese, and Scandinavian clients. ‘Outstanding’ trade mark lead James Fish also heads up the firm’s Paris-based trade mark practice, and Tom Albertini chairs the designs offering. Other key names of note include Ben Mooneapillay in Oxford, and he supports clients in the luxury goods, entertainment, sports, food, fashion, and gaming sectors, and Charlotte Stirling in London, who handles the entire lifecycle of trade mark-related mandates.
Lawyer Rankings
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