Intellectual Property

Expansive Dewey secures seven senior lateral hires in a day

By Legal Week | January 19, 2011

Dewey & LeBoeuf has struck an expansive note for the New Year after announcing the hire of seven high-profile lawyers from firms including Dechert, Howrey and Sullivan & Cromwell, writes the Am Law Daily. The hires include Howrey intellectual property litigation partners Henry Bunsow, Denise Mory and Brian Smith, who will join Dewey's San Francisco office, and Craig Allison, a patent litigation partner from Dechert, who will join Dewey's Silicon Valley office.

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Wragges and Bird & Bird appointed to comms company's first panel

By Claire Ruckin | January 17, 2011

Wragge & Co and Bird and Bird have won places on communications company Airwave's first legal panel. The two firms were appointed following a competitive tender process at the end of last year involving 12 other firms, with the decision coming after an extensive review of the company's legal services. Airwave, a communications provider for public service organisations, appointed Wragges to its panel despite the firm having no prior relationship with the company's legal team, although the national firm had advised Airwave when it was a subsidiary of O2.

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Former Ropes & Gray associate pleads guilty to insider trading

By Legal Week | January 17, 2011

A former Ropes & Gray intellectual property (IP) associate who had been charged in the Galleon Group insider-trading case has pleaded guilty to insider trading and conspiracy charges, writes the New York Law Journal. Arthur Cutillo, 34, admitted conspiracy and fraud in federal court in Manhattan on Friday (14 January).

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Travers instructed by Sir Stelios over unpaid fees lawsuit from Bird & Bird

By Sofia Lind | January 12, 2011

EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has instructed Travers Smith to defend him with regards to a lawsuit brought against him by Bird & Bird for a six-digit sum of unpaid fees. The dispute between Sir Stelios and Bird & Bird arose after the law firm was instructed by easyGroup IP Licensing in 2008 to advise on Sir Stelios's brand dispute with the airline over the use of the easyJet name.

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Field Fisher to launch two Germany bases with Howrey partner hires

By Friederike Heine | January 11, 2011

Field Fisher Waterhouse is set to launch in Munich and Duesseldorf, following the hire of a four-partner team from Howrey led by German managing partner Joachim Feldges. Feldges will oversee all three of Field Fisher's German offices, including the firm's existing Hamburg base. He joins alongside fellow Howrey intellectual property (IP) partners Thomas Adam and Jochen Herr in Munich, as well as Duesseldorf-based Christoph Lenz.

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Winston & Strawn targets London IP with Taylor Wessing and DLA hires

By Sofia Lind | January 11, 2011

Winston & Strawn has launched a City intellectual property (IP) capacity with lateral partner hires from Taylor Wessing and DLA Piper. The US firm has recruited Taylor Wessing's longstanding City partner Richard Price to spearhead the practice alongside DLA Piper partner Gareth Morgan.

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Howrey closes London IP practice as City office head joins Field Fisher

By Friederike Heine | January 7, 2011

Howrey has closed its intellectual property (IP) practice in London following the departure of London managing partner Mark Hodgson to Field Fisher Waterhouse. Hodgson's move comes after three partner departures from Howrey's London IP practice during 2010 - Marjan Noor, Paul Inman and Richard Willoughby, who joined Simmons & Simmons, Wragge & Co and Rouse Legal respectively.

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Ashurst IP litigation team leaves firm for move to City boutique

By Friederike Heine | December 22, 2010

Ashurst has closed down its intellectual property (IP) litigation practice following the departure of its sole partner Ian Starr. Starr will join IP boutique D Young & Co on 1 January alongside senior associate Tamsin Holman, who will become a partner at the firm. They will also be joined by junior associates Cam Gatta and Anna Reid and two secretaries. Prior to joining Ashurst in 1993, Starr had been a partner at Clifford Chance (CC) since 1984. His practice focuses on the protection, enforcement and licensing of IP and related technology rights.

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DLA Piper seals hire of two-partner Taylor Wessing IPT team in Cologne

By Suzi Ring | November 19, 2010

DLA Piper has grown its intellectual property and technology (IPT) practice in Germany with the hire of a four-strong team from Taylor Wessing. Partners Jan Pohle and Benjamin Grzimek are set to join the firm's Cologne office along with associates Christian Kau and Markus Lang. Their start dates at DLA are yet to be confirmed. Pohle specialises in IT and telecommunications, while Grzimek focuses on contentious and non-contentious patent law.

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Edwards Angell seals hire of IP partner for London office

By Friederike Heine | November 3, 2010

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has strengthened its London intellectual property (IP) team with the hire of the head of Rouse Legal's global IP commercialisation group. The arrival of Ben Goodger will bring the number of IP partners in Edwards Angell's City base to six.

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National Law Journal

Judge Steps Down From Cisco Systems Case—Making Him Second Jurist to Bow Out

By Scott Graham | January 18, 2023

Administrative Patent Judge Steven Amundson wrote that Centripetal Networks' claim of bias 'lacks merit,' but that he was withdrawing to simplify the issues and give a replacement judge more time to get up to speed. It's the latest move in a tit-for-tat fight between Centripetal and Cisco over judicial recusals.

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Daily Business Review

Population Growth, Music Boom Make Florida a Hotbed for IP Litigation

By Alexander Lugo | January 17, 2023

"You see the same lawyers and the same law firms over and over again on these copyright infringement suits involving web content," said William Trueba, an attorney at Miami-based Trueba & Suarez. "There's definitely an industry that's arisen as a result of those types of cases."

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National Law Journal

How Many Bites at the Apple? Supreme Court Asks for SG's Advice in Patent Case

By Scott Graham | January 17, 2023

The justices have asked Elizabeth Prelogar's office to weigh in on long-running controversy involving the America Invents Act: The scope of the AIA's estoppel provision that prevents litigants from raising invalidity defenses in district court litigation.

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Law.com

How We Started Our Own Law Firm: 'When You Start a Firm, You Have to Build That Infrastructure From Scratch'

By Tasha Norman | January 17, 2023

"Starting a law firm meant becoming a small-business owner on day one."

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The Recorder

Cooley Steps Into Patent Dispute Over Cloud-Based Video Surveillance Technology

By ALM Staff | January 13, 2023

Heidi L. Keefe, Adam Pivovar and Patrick W. Lauppe of Cooley have entered appearances for Verkada, a provider of cloud-based video surveillance systems,…

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Law.com

Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: The Federal Circuit's Hot Bench Isn't Cooling Down Any Time Soon + Orrick Joins Effort to Get AIs Recognized as Inventors

By Scott Graham | January 13, 2023

Judges Tiffany Cunningham and Leonard Stark started out their careers being deferential to their colleagues during oral arguments, as is often expected of junior judges. More recently they've been speaking up.

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New York Law Journal

Court Reviews Fair Use Protection for Publishers Embedding Social Media Posts

By Stephen M. Kramarsky and John Millson | January 13, 2023

On the one hand, the social media ecosystem generates a great deal of "newsworthy" content, which is a factor in determining whether use is permissible. On the other, the fact that content creators may retain an expected commercial interest in their posts may trigger enhanced Copyright protection. A recent case in the Southern District of New York analyzed those issues under the "fair use" doctrine.

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National Law Journal

Andrei Iancu Gets a Warm Welcome—but Might Leave Federal Circuit Empty-Handed

By Scott Graham | January 12, 2023

The former PTO director gamely argued for reinstatement of a patent infringement suit against Red Hat and customers of its virtualization products. But the appellate court sounded inclined to affirm a claim construction ruling that doomed the suit.

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Daily Report Online

Atlanta Office Growth Outlined as 'Key Goal' for Ballard Spahr

By Jacob Polacheck | January 11, 2023

"We could be poised to add several groups of lawyers, potentially, if the right opportunities come along," said Richard Miller, the new Atlanta office leader at Ballard Spahr.

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Texas Lawyer

PayPal Faces Patent Suit Over QR Code Payments

By ALM Staff | January 10, 2023

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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