Mike Jennings > Venner Shipley LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Venner Shipley LLP Offices
200 Aldersgate
EC1A 4HD
England
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Mike Jennings
Work Department
Electrical, electronics, telecoms and IT.
Position
Partner Mike Jennings leads AAThornton’s highly rated Electrical Patents group. He specialises in patent protection, patent oppositions and IP strategy advice for a range of technologies including areas of physics, electrical engineering and computer-related inventions.
Mike has more than 20 years’ experience handling patent drafting and prosecution of European, UK and PCT patent applications in areas such as computer systems, storage and software including computer modelling and simulation, automated controls, electromagnetic and optical sensing technologies for locating hydrocarbons and for detecting gases, and telecommunications. Mike handles a substantial opposition case load and has an enviable success rate in EPO oppositions and appeals thanks to commitment and proactivity.Mike also advises on software patentability and infringement and validity of patents.
Mike’s clients include multinational corporations and leading companies in the UK and many other countries, including clients in the oil and gas industry, the telecommunications sector, engineering, gas detection, consumer electronics and computing.
Career
Joined the patent profession in 1990 and spent his early years in private practice with a leading UK firm and with IBM before two years with Spruson & Ferguson in Sydney, Australia. Mike gained several years’ experience as an in-house senior patent attorney for IBM in the UK, handling invention reviews, patent drafting and prosecution and as lead attorney in patent licensing. He joined AA Thornton in 2007 and became a partner in 2008.
Memberships
Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA), including Computer Technology Committee; European Patent Institute (EPI); AIPPI; and appointed to quality working group within Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO) for 2017-2020, liaising between industry and EPO management.
Education
University of Bristol (BSc Hons Physics).
Leisure
Mike grew up on the south coast of England and loves messing about in boats with his very active family.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
Venner Shipley LLP offers clients a ‘a broad range of services’, including assistance with drafting, filing, and prosecutions, representation in oppositions and appeals, advice on portfolio management and global strategy, and assistance with infringements and disputes. The firm is also praised for its ability to ‘provide a global network in key jurisdictions, enabling it to handle international matters effectively’. Another notable and growing area for the team includes AI-related patent work. In London, Jan Walaski leads the electronics software and communications group, of which Paul Derry is a key member, and Alex Brown chairs the mechanical and designs team. Cambridge-based Tim Russell heads up the chemical and life sciences practice, following Siân Gill‘s step down from the role, although she continues to be an active member of the group. Following its merger with legacy firm AA Thornton, the group has been further bolstered by the arrival of a number of new lawyers. Key names to note include aerospace expert Adrian Bennett, whose experience is concentrated in the engineering, physics, and mechanical devices spaces. Craig Turner is noted for his chemistry, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals expertise, while Mike Jennings specialises in electrical engineering, electronics telecoms, and IT patents.