Venner Shipley

Venner Shipley LLP is a full service Intellectual Property firm boasting European patent and trade mark attorneys, barristers and solicitors.

Headquartered in London with offices in Cambridge, Guildford, Manchester and Munich: Venner Shipley represents a broad range of clients, including major domestic and international corporations, SMEs, universities and individual inventors; BAT, Samsung, Twitter, Procter & Gamble, Google, Stanley Black and Decker, Philips, Tate & Lyle Sugars, Hitachi Ltd, Nokia and Cambridge Display Technology.

Venner Shipley is a technical specialist, trusted by more prestigious academic and research institutes than any other UK firm. Venner Shipley currently represents 4 of the world’s top 10 universities (according to the Times Higher Education rankings for 2016) and in all the firm counts 27 different universities and research institutes as current clients. Higher education institutions in Korea, the USA, China and the UK choose Venner Shipley because it does more drafting and first review of inventions than almost any other firm.

Venner Shipley works across multi-disciplinary teams incorporating experts who draft patents covering technologies that require specialists that include chemistry, biochemistry, materials, electronics and engineering. The firm also has trade mark specialists and lawyers enabling it to cover all aspects of intellectual property requirements.

Venner Shipley expanded in 2016 adding a team of lawyers recognised for their unique expertise in government relations, data protection and wider intellectual property advice and litigation services. Its global experience of disputes in Canada, the USA, continental Europe and the British Overseas territories means Venner Shipley is engaged regularly on international matters.


Network Memberships
AIPPI, One Nucleus, Cambridge Network, OBN


Sector Expertise

• Aeronautics
• Automotive
• Chemical Engineering
• Construction + Building Materials
• Defence inc. Aerospace, Security and Unmanned Aerial System
• Electrical Engineering
• Energy and Natural Resources
• Fashion
• Financial Services + E-Commerce
• Food & Beverage
• Green Technology
• Industrial Manufacturing
• Information Science
• Technology + Communications
• Luxury Goods
• Mechanical Engineering
• Media, Entertainment & Publishing
• Medical Devices
• Robotics + Nanotechnology
• Optics
• Pharmaceuticals
• Biotechnology + Life Sciences
• Retail
• Semiconductors
• Space Technology
• Sports + Fitness

Last Updated 15th May 2017