 |
 |
BA (York), MA (London)
Registered Trade Mark Agent
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Fellow of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
|
Keith is Phillips & Leigh’s specialist trade mark
partner, working with direct clients from the USA and Asia
as well as from the UK. His areas of special expertise,
in addition to his wide experience of day-to-day trade mark
practice, include
 Portfolio
management advice
Trade
mark aspects of mergers and acquisitions
Client
representation at the Community Trade Mark Office and Community
opposition proceedings
Advising
on trade mark infringement and counterfeiting matters in the
Pacific Rim countries
Exceptionally
wide experience of Collective marks
Career history
Keith joined the trade mark profession in 1987 with a regional
private practice, where he gained his UK trade mark qualifications
by examination in 1991. He then founded, as a partner,
his own specialist trade marks practice, and worked as a consultant
to, among others, a multi-national pharmaceutical group, senior
London law firms, and Phillips & Leigh. He became a partner
of the firm in 1999. He was elected a Fellow of the
Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys in 2002.
Keith lectured in trade marks to students studying at Queen
Mary College, University of London. He served for four
years as Examiner to the UK Joint Examination Board for Patents
and Trade Marks. He has been a member of the CIPA Trade
Marks Committee (serving as Vice-Chairman) and is a member
of the CIPA Textbooks & Publications Committee with special
responsibility for the training manual series. He is
an observer, by invitation, at the Congresses
of the Asian Patent Attorneys’ Association.
Publications
Keith has edited, or contributed to:
The Trade Marks Handbook (Sweet & Maxwell, 1991 onwards)
The Community Trade Marks Training Manual (CIPA, 2000; new edition 2005)
Training manual on International Registrations (Madrid System)(CIPA, 2006)
The UK Trade Marks Training Manual (CIPA, 2001; new edition 2007)
The Community Trade Marks Handbook (Sweet & Maxwell, 2001 onwards)
Email: enquiries@pandl.com
Telephone: +44(0)20 7822 8888
Fax: +44(0)20 7822 8899
|
