Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Intellectual Property

James is a partner and national head of Intellectual Property.

His expertise extends to all aspects of intellectual property including patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, passing off, database rights and confidential information.

He has top level experience, spanning more than 30 years, of the protection, exploitation, challenge and enforcement of intellectual property including disputes in the Supreme Court. Work examples include patent litigation, cybersquatting, intellectual asset management, anti-counterfeiting, brand enforcement, licensing, commercial contracts and franchising, mediation, IT and software issues, and search and seize orders (including as supervising solicitor). Assisted by a Cambridge University science degree, James is also a solicitor- advocate, giving him full rights of audience in the higher courts.

Qualified 1991, trained Bristows, London. Joined Eversheds 1994; partner and head of IP Irwin Mitchell 1997; partner and head of IP, Pinsent Masons 2003; ran own boutique IP practice, James Love Legal from 2006; joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner in 2019.

Law Society International Committee

UK Intellectual Property Office Enforcement Framework Working Group

Law Society China Working Group

Leeds City Region China Business Club Advisory Panel

Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys - Associate Member (CIPA)

Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys - Associate Member (ITMA)

Licensing Executives Society International (LESI)

Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (IPLA)

European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT)

Life Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA)

Law Society Intellectual Property Law Committee (2008-2018)