Jeremy Blum
Partner
- London/Brussels
- jeremy.blum@bristows.com
- +44 20 7400 8392 / +32 2 808 7500
Jeremy is dual qualified and acts before the UK courts and also EU institutions such as the EUIPO and CJEU. He is an IP specialist and has advised on many high profile contentious cases involving trade marks, copyright, designs, and confidential information.
Jeremy has acted in some of the leading cases that have developed intellectual property law such as:
- L’Oreal v eBay which concerned the liability of online e-commerce platforms and was the first case to consider injunctions against non-infringing intermediaries.
- Cadbury v Nestle which concerned the registrability of the shape of a four fingered KitKat chocolate bar.
- Glaxo v Sandoz concerning the colour and shape of an asthma inhaler for passing off.
Though many of his clients are claimants, Jeremy has been part of the team that has made Bristows the UK’s leading trade mark defence firm having defended Vectura, Fidelis, Verweij Fashion, YouView and BDO Unibank in full trials before the High Court. More recently Jeremy has defended:
- Glebe Farm in the widely publicised trade mark infringement and passing off claim brought by Oatly AB
- Muzmatch in the widely publicised trade mark infringement and passing off claim brought by Match.com.
Jeremy also has extensive registered design, unregistered design and copyright litigation experience for a diverse range of products ranging from luxury jewellery and fashion, plastic containers, artworks, pharmaceutical products and consumer goods.
Jeremy has extensive experience in seeking or defending interim relief applications and has successfully obtained interim injunctions, seizure orders and Norwich Pharmacal orders (requiring a third party to disclose details of an alleged infringer).
Jeremy is a specialist in advising on strategies to combat IP infringement in the digital world and has advised on a number of cases regarding online infringement.
As part of his breach of confidential information practice, Jeremy has considerable experience in arbitration including before the LCIA, SCC and ICC. Jeremy specialises in arbitration involving technical subject matter and his cases have ranged from chemical compounds used in deodorants to chemical processes. Many of his arbitration cases involve substantial damages claims.
He is widely recognised by the legal directories and is listed as a “leading practitioner” by Legal 500 and is one of a small group of Gold ranked litigators by World Trade Mark Review. Currently Jeremy is Chair of the MARQUES Dispute Resolution committee and is a member of various INTA committees.