Sean Cummings
Sean Cummings, Patent and Trade Mark Attorney, Partner, Keltie LLP
Sean Cummings is a UK and European patent, trade mark and design attorney with wide experience across the full range of IP gained over more than thirty years in private practice. With a background in engineering, Sean has applied his technical knowledge to patents in a variety of fields such as offshore energy, medical devices and automotive technologies. Sean also has substantial experience in trade mark and design matters, contentious proceedings, litigation support and as an expert witness. Sean is one of the first Partners in Keltie LLP and is Director of the firm's Irish subsidiary, which he founded in 2016. There, he has built a team working with patent and trade mark clients ranging from multinationals to spin-outs and start-ups, including many in the burgeoning Irish MedTech sector. Sean particularly enjoys assisting clients at the investment interface, advising investors, helping businesses to attract investment, and navigating the due diligence process.
Entering the IP profession in 1986, Sean joined Keltie in 1989 and has been a Partner since 1993. He qualified as a Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney in 1992 and became a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney in 1993. He has been a European Trade Mark Attorney since the EU Trade Mark system began in 1996 and qualified as an Irish Registered Trade Mark Agent in 2017. Developing his interest in dispute resolution, Sean was one of the first UK patent attorneys to train as a mediator. He also obtained a Diploma in IP Litigation from Birkbeck College. Sean has appeared as an advocate before the UKIPO in patent, trade mark and design disputes and before EPO Examination Divisions, Opposition Divisions and Boards of Appeal.