Intellectual Property

Former Linklaters IP chief joins Powell Gilbert after seven years as a barrister

By Sofia Lind | April 21, 2010

Powell Gilbert has recruited Linklaters' former head of intellectual property (IP) Anna Carboni in a boost for the firm's trademark practice. The highly-rated trademark lawyer joins the City IP boutique from Wilberforce Chambers, where she has been a barrister since leaving Linklaters in 2003.

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Withers adds Shepherd and Wedderburn tech partner to City team

By Suzi Ring | April 14, 2010

Withers has bulked up its London office with the hire of Shepherd and Wedderburn partner Kenneth Mullen in its European commercial practice. Mullen joined from the London office of Shepherd and Wedderburn where he has been a partner in the media and technology team for the last four years. He has a particular focus on transactional intellectual property (IP), technology and outsourcing, and technology-sector regulation, particularly data protection and freedom of information, e-commerce and competition law.

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Austria

By Legal Week | March 31, 2010

Austria's leading law firms are in resilient mood, while Schoenherr sizes up the state of of local IP enforcement...

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Bird & Bird IP specialist joins Germany's Noerr

By Suzi Ring | March 31, 2010

Noerr has bulked up its intellectual property (IP) practice with the hire of a new partner from Bird & Bird. Ralph Nack is set to join the German firm's Munich office on 1 April after six years as a senior counsel in Bird & Bird's IP practice.

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Stephenson Harwood adds partner in HK with CC hire

By Suzi Ring | March 23, 2010

Stephenson Harwood has bulked up its Hong Kong office with the hire of Audrey Shum, who will join from Clifford Chance (CC) as a partner in the firm's intellectual property (IP) department on 24 February. Shum, who specialises in both contentious and commercial IP work, was with CC for around six years, most recently as a consultant. She previously worked at Bird & Bird. Her hire takes Stephenson Harwood's Hong Kong IP practice to two partners.

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Trademark filings see global decline in 2009

By Legal Week | March 23, 2010

International trademark filings at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) dropped by 16% in 2009, amid a 12% decline in US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) filings, reports The National Law Journal. The WIPO dip stems from a global economic slowdown and restrained consumer demand around the world, said Francis Gurry, WIPO's director general.

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Quinn Emanuel seals hire of A&O partner for Germany office launch

By Sofia Lind | February 23, 2010

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges is set to launch its second office in Europe with the hire of a German partner from Allen & Overy (A&O). The US litigation firm has chosen to set up its first continental European office in Mannheim, Germany, with the hire of local A&O patent litigation partner Marcus Grosch, who will join Quinn Emanuel along with a team of associates

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Hammonds shuts up shop in Munich in wake of Eversheds departures

By Suzi Ring | February 23, 2010

Hammonds is to close its Munich office in the wake of the departure of a five-lawyer team to Eversheds. The national firm has opted to pull out of Munich from 31 March and instead enter into a referral agreement with local patent law firm Gulde Hengelhaupt Ziebig & Schneider (GHZS).

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Lovells trio depart to launch New York office for US litigation firm

By Legal Week | January 28, 2010

Three Lovells lawyers have quit the firm to launch a New York office for Minneapolis-based firm Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi, reports The Am Law Daily. The three Lovells lawyers - partners David Leichtman and Hillel Parness and of counsel Bryan Vogel, who will join Robins Kaplan as a partner - are based in New York and focus on intellectual property (IP) and the pursuit of claims on behalf of artists against corporations that appropriate the works of those artists.

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CC litigator takes up new role as London IP chief at Baker Botts

By Emma Sadowski | January 26, 2010

Clifford Chance (CC) has lost its last dedicated intellectual property (IP) litigator in London with the departure of Peter Taylor to Baker Botts. Taylor joined the US firm's London office in November after serving more than a decade as a partner at the magic circle giant.

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The Recorder

VLSI Drops Claim Amid Transparency Demands

By Scott Graham | December 28, 2022

The Fortress Investment-backed company spent 3 1/2 years litigating patent infringement claims against Intel in Delaware, but elected to walk away as Chief Judge Colm Connolly insisted on more disclosure into its ownership structure.

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Delaware Law Weekly

VLSI Drops Claim Amid Transparency Demands From Judge Connolly

By Scott Graham | December 28, 2022

The Fortress Investment-backed company spent 3 1/2 years litigating patent infringement claims against Intel in Delaware, but elected to walk away as Chief Judge Colm Connolly insisted on more disclosure into its ownership structure.

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Texas Lawyer

Big Verdicts and New Sheriffs: The Year That Was in IP Litigation, Including Texas Cases

By Scott Graham | December 22, 2022

Judge Alan Albright's patent docket was slowed but not stopped. Judge Colm Connolly is pulling the lid off of nonpracticing entities. And PTO Director Kathi Vidal "has been everywhere."

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National Law Journal

Big Verdicts and New Sheriffs: The Year That Was in IP Litigation

By Scott Graham | December 22, 2022

Judge Alan Albright's patent docket was slowed but not stopped. Judge Colm Connolly is pulling the lid off of nonpracticing entities. And PTO Director Kathi Vidal "has been everywhere."

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The Recorder

Big Verdicts and New Sheriffs: The Year That Was in IP Litigation

By Scott Graham | December 22, 2022

One eye-popping trademark verdict came from the beverage space this year. Monster Energy won a $293 million verdict against energy drink competitor VPX Sports in the Central District of California in September.

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Delaware Business Court Insider

Big Verdicts and New Judges: The Year That Was in IP Litigation

By Scott Graham | December 22, 2022

Judge Alan Albright's patent docket was slowed but not stopped. Judge Colm Connolly is pulling the lid off of nonpracticing entities. And PTO Director Kathi Vidal "has been everywhere."

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National Law Journal

A Look Back on a Decade of Practice at the PTAB

By Dorothy Whelan, Karl Renner and Casey Kraning, Ph.D. | December 21, 2022

The AIA at10 years: Fish & Richardson's post-grant leaders look back on a decade of practice at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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The Legal Intelligencer

Transforming the Fair Use Doctrine? Highlights From 'Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith'

By Nicole D. Galli, Andrew J. Costa and Katherine Cancelliere | December 19, 2022

Lynn Goldsmith sought to portray Prince realistically, showing his discomfort and vulnerability, his humanity; whereas Warhol's portrayals are intended to show Prince as an icon, a larger-than-life figure, beyond an ordinary human. Is this difference enough to be transformative however? Only the Supreme Court knows, and only time will tell.

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Law.com

Criminal Considerations and Federal Authorities In Trade Secrets Disputes, Part 3

By Jeffrey A. Pade and Anand B. Patel | December 19, 2022

Part One of this article discussed the passing of the Economic Espionage Act to combat the growing concerns surrounding trade secret theft and the criminal components of trade secret theft. Part Two covers considerations in favor of approaching federal authorities on trade secrets theft. Part Three concludes the series with a look at the potential consequences in approaching federal authorities on trade secrets theft.

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National Law Journal

Avery Wins, But Still Faces Stiff Sanctions Over Discovery Violations

By Scott Graham | December 19, 2022

Avery Dennison will get to challenge the validity of an RFID patent before a jury. But even if it wins, it's still facing possibly millions in sanctions for 'continuous disregard' of its discovery obligations.

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