Geoff Hussey

Geoff is a Partner and Solicitor specialising in IP litigation and commercial IP heading up Venner Shipley's Litigation and Licensing team. His experience includes acting for a wide range of clients across many sectors including life sciences, electronics, telecoms, chemicals, aviation and financial services. Geoff’s cases often involve complex issues and forging new legal precedents, as well as the coordination of parallel proceedings across jurisdictions in Europe and the US. The vast majority of his successes are settled out of Court, recently including a number of enforcement matters for a well-known commercial website in regards to a complaint regarding a competitors’ ambiguous use of search engine optimisation. Geoff also advises on non-contentious intellectual property matters including setting up and implementing IP licensing and ownership structures, IP due diligence, IP audits and brand management. He has managed trade mark matters for long-term clients ranging from FTSE 100 companies (including their litigation, portfolio management, occasional due diligence and corporate restructures) to SMEs looking to set up and maintain robust IP strategies. Geoff has also worked on a pro bono basis in several ‘David and Goliath-type situations’, with great success. · Venner Shipley LLP

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Geoff Hussey is a Partner and Solicitor at Venner Shipley LLP who specialises in IP litigation and commercial IP and heads the firm's Litigation and Licensing team. He acts for clients across sectors including life sciences, electronics, telecoms, chemicals, aviation and financial services, handling complex, precedent‑setting and cross‑jurisdictional disputes and advising on non‑contentious matters such as IP licensing, ownership structures, due diligence, audits and brand management.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyLitigationLicensingTrade MarksIP Due DiligenceBrand Management

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England

Venner Shipley LLP · Geoff is a Partner and Solicitor specialising in IP litigation and commercial IP heading up Venner Shipley's Litigation and Licensing team. His experience includes acting for a wide range of clients across many sectors including life sciences, electronics, telecoms, chemicals, aviation and financial services. Geoff’s cases often involve complex issues and forging new legal precedents, as well as the coordination of parallel proceedings across jurisdictions in Europe and the US. The vast majority of his successes are settled out of Court, recently including a number of enforcement matters for a well-known commercial website in regards to a complaint regarding a competitors’ ambiguous use of search engine optimisation. Geoff also advises on non-contentious intellectual property matters including setting up and implementing IP licensing and ownership structures, IP due diligence, IP audits and brand management. He has managed trade mark matters for long-term clients ranging from FTSE 100 companies (including their litigation, portfolio management, occasional due diligence and corporate restructures) to SMEs looking to set up and maintain robust IP strategies. Geoff has also worked on a pro bono basis in several ‘David and Goliath-type situations’, with great success.

England

Expertise

Life SciencesElectronicsTelecomsChemicalsAviationFinancial ServicesIP LicensingIP Due DiligenceIP AuditsTrade Mark ManagementBrand ManagementEnforcement and Litigation Strategy

Education

BSc Human Genetics, Nottingham University
Post-graduate Diploma in Law and LPC, Nottingham Law School
Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, University of Bristol

Admissions

Solicitor in England & Wales