Venner Shipley (2024/2025)
"The think outside the box… very strategic and business-oriented attorneys. Great work and great advice."
"They provide quick and detailed analysis on the work. They are plugged into IP laws and provide quick responses."
"I have worked with Gloria Parmesan for decades, and rely on her good judgement and excellent knowledge base to help navigate EU/UK trademark matters. I have been consistently impressed with the team – their responsiveness is excellent and of course their IP knowledge."
"Recommended to me by a seasoned colleague. I am comfortable with their procedural expertise. I enjoy working with them personally."
"I have known Camilla Sexton and Gloria Parmesan for ages. Both are very meticulous – responsive, knowledgeable and easy to communicate with people. I like their responsiveness and good level of knowledge."
"I have worked with Venner Shipley for many years and have developed a trust in their abilities. They are an IP boutique form and thus their litigation team has extensive background in the area. Often, a general litigator will believe that they can argue anything but so often they do not understand the nuances of IP law. I find that their advice is practical while at the same time, they are not afraid to take risks should the client want to proceed that way. They are prompt and thorough. I never feel like they aren't available to me for consultation. Most importantly, they are not throwing their hands up in the face of a very difficult matter."
"Venner Shipley has a subject-matter knowledge in the region that is second to none, and an incredibly approachable team. Venner Shipley has an accessible team that responds quickly and is personable, knowledgeable, and clearly embodies an exceptional firm culture."
"Venner Shipley's past work has been outstanding. They are consistent, timely and reliable. The team that I work with has extensive knowledge of the technology area in which we work and provides honest and practical advice for their clients."
"Venner attorneys consistently demonstrate strong technical skills and are in tune with policy developments and changes at the EPO. Indeed, team members recently visited our offices to provide an update on the Unitary Patent changes that are being implemented in Europe. Venner also appears to be highly successful at recruiting strong candidates to form the next generation of attorneys for the firm. They are developing a deep bench of attorneys with particular expertise in the computer science and software space. Venner is a consistent, valued partner for servicing one of our primary clients. We can rely on Venner to provide timely, high-quality work. The Venner attorneys with whom we interact are very responsive and a pleasure to work with."
"Venner Shipley has long been a partner of ours, and they provide practical counsel in line with our client's needs, but they're also able to dive deeper when requested. Paul Derry is very responsive and is proactive in working to learn what the goals are in any situation so as to provide tailored advice."
"They are prompt with very good follow-up. Their work is excellent."
"Consistent work product, great technical understanding, friendly and helpful communication."
"Venner provides high-quality advice. The team at Venner is very responsive."
"Initially we chose them based on recommendation, continued selection due to quality of work and responsiveness. They are exceptionally knowledgeable, practical, and responsive."
"They are experienced in CII inventions (computer related inventions). They are responsive, easy to communicate with, and have reasonable pricing. They are professional in their work in this field of inventions, easy to communicate with, very responsive, and had a creative thinking and approach to rejections (!)"
"Excellent lawyers with whom we've worked for a long time and who are trusted advisors to us."
Alex Brown
"Very responsive and an excellent practitioner."
Yoann Rousseau
"Communicates timely and efficiently."
"Yoann is very responsive and attentive to details and has been a pleasure to work with. He provides very clear guidance that allows us to effectively communicate with our client on issues regarding UK trademark protection."
Gloria Parmesan
"Gloria gives timely, practical and well thought out advice on trademark matters."
"She is very careful, responsive and she knows what she is doing."
Kirsty Dolphin
"She explains tactics and procedure well."
Robert Peake
"First, he is very knowledgeable, which instils trust. He communicates often and very clearly. He is a wonderful strategist, thinking outside the box in difficult situations."
David Birchall
"David is a very knowledgeable practitioner and problem-solver and has been instrumental in our ability to help our clients in the region, and to communicate with our clients with clarity on the issues they face in the region."
John Chettle
"John is extremely thoughtful and meticulous in his approach to his work. John's advice is honest and reliable – exactly what is needed for competent IP counsel."
"He provides good assessments for options in prosecuting EP applications."
"John is excellent at providing considered and practical advice, both pre-filing and during prosecution."
Paul Derry
"Paul plays a large role in the direction of the firm and their many successes."
"He gives personal attention to our matters, and direct follow-up."
"Paul is a very capable and intelligent practitioner. He has trained his team so well that I am confident in all of their advice, even if not coming from a partner."
Clare Turnbull
"She is prompt, with great follow-up. Her knowledge is extensive. Her instructions to us are clear and precise."
Anton Hutter
"Very strong biotechnical and patent prosecution knowledge; responsive; practical."
Henry Aldridge
"Provides professional advice on practice and expected procedures. Responsive."
2023
"We appreciate the team's proactive advice, excellent drafting and customer liaison. They are always willing to help us learn in the field. Acted as anchor host for multiple attorneys and project reviews."
"They are quick with advice, analytical, and strong with details. Their scientific knowledge of the subject matter and legal aspects of patent law inspire confidence."
"We appreciate the diversity of the team. They are easy to approach, easy to work with and provide predictable costs and value for money."
"We have been advised by Jane Martin and her colleagues for a number of years and trust Jane to act as an extension of our in-house team. Venner Shipley continues to offer us a good value-for-money experience, combining fair prices with excellent knowledge and a friendly, approachable and responsive team."
"On all matters, we have enjoyed our working experience with them. They are very responsive and timely in getting work done. They are also excellent at explaining matters of local practice that are relevant to the matters that we work on with them, which may differ from our local practice in the US. I would also like to add that we have had very pleasant experiences working with the paralegals and staff at Venner Shipley. With many other firms we work with outside the US, it is not as clear who we communicate with at times, or who our own paralegals and staff can reach out to with questions. But Venner Shipley has always provided clear contact points that allow for a better working relationship as we know all of the individuals we are working with at the firm."
"The attorneys and staff at Venner Shipley are always on top of things and provide a very thorough and accurate analysis of complex patent issues."
"Their IP services are always accurate, reliable and objective. They are reactive and monitor their cases. They won't make a case look better just to get it. The team is very professional but also agreeable and relaxed."
"They are friendly and practical."
"They are high quality, responsive, pragmatic and efficient."
"Venner Shipley is a consistent, valued partner for servicing one of our primary clients. We can rely on Venner to provide timely, high-quality work. The Venner attorneys with whom we interact are very responsive and a pleasure to work with."
"Venner Shipley is thorough and understands the business and IP well. They are also experts in European law and have helped our teams negotiate difficult barriers in Europe."
"We appreciate the high-quality pragmatic advice and responsiveness."
"We appreciate the high-quality work with accurate and detailed analysis from an EP-specific standpoint."
"We appreciate the quick and personalised service which has our client's best interests at heart."
"They are knowledgeable and provide wonderful follow-up."
"They are responsive and experienced."
"They are responsive, quick, and they try to find the best solution for the clients."
AA Thornton (2023)
''They are an outstanding firm. Personable, they share our values, and they have strength and depth across the team. They are a delight to work with.''
"They are prompt, clear, accurate, reliable."
"They are excellent value for money and domain expertise. The patent practice team is diligent, proactive in finding solutions and responsive to our needs. The firm also has an outstanding IP dispute resolution practice that wins!"
"They are reliable, prompt, clear and responsive."
"They are down to earth, pragmatic, no ego, easy to deal with, intellectually astute and well respected."
"We appreciate that we have a team allocated to us so they get to know our portfolio and how we like to work. They are very responsive and helpful and offer good, clear advice."
"We appreciate the superb quality of their advice, excellent service, and strength and depth of the team. They have a familiarity with our business and strategic aims and we value the alignment on purpose and values."
"They always provide well-considered advice and are great at developing strategies. They are also considerate of our company's specific concerns and are flexible enough to accommodate those. They are very approachable and responsive."
"The AA Thornton team are easily accessible, knowledgeable and helpful; they will respond with advice on the most minor issues efficiently and are always available to assist. I think the thing that impresses me the most, and that sets AAT apart from other IP lawyers I've dealt with, is how commercially minded their advice is; they will always look to provide a solution without giving off-the-shelf advice that prevents our proposed plans."
"They are commercial, prompt and pragmatic – all delivered with huge intelligence and genuine warmth."
"They are uncomplicated, knowledgeable and friendly."
"We appreciate that they take time to not only explain the complexities of a case in layman's terms, but also to understand the commercial activity of their client, and the likely impact of the outcome of the proceedings on the business."
"The filing services are reasonably priced. The team is kind and responsive."
"We value the polite, prompt and professional communication, and the team's very high-level communication skills in written correspondence, phone/video calls and in-person meetings. They produce a very high standard of professional work. We appreciate their willingness to undertake tasks that are very close to a legal deadline. They have proven ability to obtain grant of patents (including in very difficult cases) and trademark registration. There is flexibility with costs, if needed, and they have a reasonable price structure (not particularly cheap, but certainly not excessive, given the very high standard of service). They have consistently high professional standards across the team and excellence in handling litigation cases at the European Patent Office."
