DAVID GILL is a trade mark attorney based in the UK and advises a wide range of clients from multinational owners of some of the most famous trade marks in the world to local start-up businesses.

• UK Registered Trade Mark Attorney - listed on the UK Register of Trade Mark Attorneys, acting before the UK Patent Office on issues of Trade Marks, Designs, Copyright
• European Trade Mark Attorney - qualified to act before OHIM (the Trade Mark Office for the European Community) on Community Trade Marks and Registered Community Designs
• Member of The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA) - the professional body for trade mark attorneys in the UK
• Member of The International Trademark Association (INTA) – an international association of trademark owners and professionals, from around the world, dedicated to the support and advancement of trademarks and related intellectual property as elements of fair and effective national and international commerce.
• Guest lecturer on IP Rights and Sport at the CIES International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland) and guest lecturer on IP Rights at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London

Clients

David Gill advises on trade mark registration and enforcement, copyright, domain name and anti-ambush marketing strategies for a number of the world’s premier sports federations, competitions and brands. Clients, past and present, include the following organizations and companies:

• Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA),
• Union des associations européenes de football (UEFA) ,
• Formula One Management Ltd (FORMULA ONE),
• AC Management SA (AMERICA’S CUP),
• FIBA,
• FINA,
• ATP (MASTERS SERIES),
• Olympic Council of Asia (ASIAN GAMES),
• IAAF (GLOBAL ATHLETICS and GOLDEN LEAGUE),
• Ligue de Football Professionnel,
• ARENA,
• AIGLE,
• Le Coq Sportif,
• Columbia Sportswear Company.

Previous Experience

• 2001 – 2002 FIFA Marketing & TV AG, Zug , Switzerland -
  Marketing Division of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
• 1999 – 2001 ISL Worldwide AG, Lucerne , Switzerland -
  International sports marketing agency
• 1995 – 1999 Marks & Clerk, London -
  International firm of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys