Alan Venner MITMA

Partner

 

avenner@vennershipley.co.uk

 

specialisms:

trade marks

designs/copyright

domain names

 

expertise:

automotive

chemical

construction

electronics

FMCG

financial services

IT software

manufacturing

medical devices

pharmaceutical

telecommunications

 

location:

London

A specialist in trade marks, designs and copyright, Alan is the son of the firm's founder. He is a Registered Trade Mark Attorney who has practiced for over 30 years in British, European and foreign trade mark law. He has extensive experience of litigation, commercial licensing and negotiating settlements. He is a past Council Member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA) and lectures on trade marks for the principal course in Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary, University of London as well as in the USA. He is a member of ITMA, the European Community Trade Mark Practitioners Association and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). Alan pioneered fixed-price trade mark protection, thus helping clients to manage their trade mark budgets.

Alan Venner, partner Venner Shipley LLP