Profile
Jeremy Pennant
Partner / Southampton
Practice & Professional Experience
Jeremy has been practising in the field of trade marks and passing off since 1985. Jeremy joined D Young & Co in 1994 and became a partner in 1995.
Jeremy’s clients range from small entrepreneurial start-ups to multi-national blue chip companies. He has extensive experience in many sectors including beverages, hotels, boats, charities, petroleum, chemicals, medical equipment, aviation, courier services, film, television, music, sports teams and automobile manufacturers. Jeremy was one of the original Independent Experts appointed by Nominet to adjudicate on domain name disputes in the UK.
Jeremy travels regularly, particularly to the US to attend conferences and client meetings.
Much of Jeremy’s practice relates to the enforcement of clients’ rights. Jeremy is currently in the process of becoming a Trade Mark Attorney Litigator. Jeremy is featured in the MIP Expert Guide to the Leading Trade Mark law Practitioners’ 2009.
Qualifications
Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary College, University of London.
Registered Trade Mark Attorney 1989.
European Trade Mark Attorney 1996.
European Design Attorney 2003.
Memberships
Fellow of Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA) and member of council of ITMA 1992 – 2000.
International Association for the Protection of Intellectal Property (AIPPI).
European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA).
International Trademark Association (INTA). Currently involved with Non-Traditional mark protection in the EU.
Registration Practice Working Group (liaising with the UKIPO) since its inception in 1993
Director of Pamia Limited, the UK patent and trade mark attorney profession’s mutual insurer.
