Intellectual Property

Five-partner Hogan Lovells IP team quits for move to DLA Piper in LA

By Legal Week | August 24, 2010

DLA Piper has recruited a five-partner team from Hogan Lovells' intellectual property (IP) practice in Los Angeles, reports The National Law Journal. The group includes Richard de Bodo, a former IP practice leader at Hogan Lovells whose clients have included Dow Jones, News Corp and Panasonic.

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ECJ Advocate General rejects proposal for unified European patent litigation system

By Suzi Ring | August 23, 2010

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has declared that plans to form a European Patents Court are incompatible with EU treaties, marking a setback in the long-running campaign to create a centralised patent litigation system in Europe. The Council of the European Union requested the opinion of the ECJ last June, with the Advocate General's response on 2 July stating that: "As it stands at present, the envisaged agreement creating a unified patent litigation system is incompatible with the treaties."

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Hammonds and Bakers brew up Chelsea FC beer sponsorship deal

By Friederike Heine | August 11, 2010

Hammonds and Baker & McKenzie have landed roles on Chelsea Football Club's sponsorship deal with Singha Beer, making the Thai brand Chelsea's official beer.

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Dealmaker of the Week: Avril Martindale, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

By Legal Week | August 9, 2010

In 1999, Avril Martindale, an intellectual property (IP) partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, was tapped by the Ford Motor Company to negotiate the IP aspects of its $6.45bn (£4m) acquisition of Volvo Cars. A decade later, Martindale's IP advice was sought after once more in a deal with Ford, but this time it was China's privately-held Zhejiang Geely Holding Group that was seeking her expertise. Could Freshfields help the Chinese carmaker acquire Volvo, the Swedish auto company Ford was looking to sell? It was an audacious plan: a $625m (£392m) per year grossing Chinese company with no international experience going after a $15bn (£9.4bn) per year grossing Swedish company owned by the oldest car maker in America.

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Clydes recruits Middle East IP chief from DLA

By Legal Week | July 28, 2010

Clyde & Co has boosted its Middle East intellectual property (IP) group with the hire of a partner from DLA Piper. Joycia Young, who specialises in IP and franchising, was head of IP for the Middle East, South Asia and Africa (MESA) region at DLA and was based in the UK top 10 firm's Dubai office. Major deals she worked on at DLA included advising Abu Dhabi media city twofour54 on on filing for trademark registration of its brand in 20 countries throughout the MESA region.

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Howrey boosts presence in Germany with Duesseldorf office launch

By Suzi Ring | July 12, 2010

Howrey is set to launch in Duesseldorf with the hire of Christoph Lenz, the local office head of intellectual property (IP) firm Bardehle Pagenberg. The new base will open for business in September 2010 and will specialise in patent litigation. Lenz will head up the office alongside one associate, and work closely with Joachim Feldges, the managing partner of Howrey's Munich office and co-chair of the firm's IP practice.

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Expansive RPC recruits intellectual property partner from Arnold & Porter

By Friederike Heine | July 7, 2010

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has added to its intellectual property (IP) practice with the hire of Arnold & Porter partner Clive Thorne. Thorne, who joined the firm on Monday (5 July), specialises in IP litigation and arbitration and has acted in a wide variety of patent, industrial design, copyright, trademark and IT litigation and arbitration matters.

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Dealmaker: David Aitman

By Legal Week | July 7, 2010

Freshfields antitrust co-head on his concert pianist dreams and the bishop keeping his kids in line...

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Intellectual property boutique hires highly-rated Howrey litigator

By Jeremy Hodges | May 10, 2010

Intellectual property (IP) specialist firm Rouse Legal has recruited rated patent litigator Richard Willoughby from Howrey. Willoughby, who joined Rouse Legal at the beginning of the month, had been at Howrey since 2001 when he was brought in from Simmons & Simmons to build up the firm's European practice.

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CMS Shanghai arm brings in Eversheds partner to lead IP team

By Suzi Ring | April 27, 2010

CMS Cameron McKenna's newly-launched China arm has recruited an Eversheds partner to head up its intellectual property (IP) practice in Shanghai. IP and competition specialist Steven Yu is set to join the CMS office as its seventh partner and head of IP on 10 May after making partner at Eversheds last year.

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Legaltech News

Law Firms' Year in the Metaverse: Similar Questions, Different Approaches

By Cassandre Coyer | January 3, 2023

Despite the ongoing enthusiasm about the metaverse, many legal professionals spent the past 12 months digging into some of the lingering questions about the virtual worlds.

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National Law Journal

After Boutique Dissolves, Seven International Trade Lawyers Join Polsinelli

By Christine Simmons | January 3, 2023

The group joining Polsinelli includes Deanna Okun, who had spent 12 years as an ITC commissioner, including two as its chair. Polsinelli said she will head a new ITC Section 337 litigation and trade remedies practice.

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Law.com

Fierce Competition Has Big Law Guarding Trade Secrets: The Morning MInute

By Zack Needles | January 3, 2023

The news and analysis you need to start your day.

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The American Lawyer

Proskauer's Suit to Safeguard Trade Secrets Highlights Fierce Industry Competition

By Justin Henry | January 3, 2023

In the latest development, a judge has granted Proskauer's request for a temporary restraining order against former COO Jonathan O'Brien.

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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Will Again Be Focus of IP World in 2023

By Scott Graham | December 30, 2022

Despite having lost two of its strongest voices on IP in the last two years, the high court is wading into some 'meat and potatoes' IP issues such as pharma patents and copyright fair use.

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New York Law Journal

An IP Law 'Supernova' Has Landed—But He's Defying Expectations and Heading to a New York Firm

By Scott Graham | December 30, 2022

The Stanford law professor says Durie Tangri's merger partner, Morrison & Foerster, is a great law firm. But it would bring too many conflicts of interest for an academic who does much of his work in the public square.

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New York Law Journal

Mining for Value in Licensed Patent Portfolios? Make Sure You're Focused on the Gems in Both the Patents and License

By Matt Golden | December 30, 2022

A recent district court case in Delaware, 'Horizon Medicines v. Apotex', dealt with a somewhat similar scenario and it highlights an interesting intersection of patent law and contract law that has implications for anyone reviewing patent portfolios for value, whether as part of a larger corporate transaction or one specific to a sale or license of a portfolio.

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The Recorder

A Law 'Supernova' Has Landed—But He Won't Be Part of the Durie Tangri Merger as Expected

By Scott Graham | December 29, 2022

The Stanford law professor says Durie Tangri's merger partner, Morrison & Foerster, is a great law firm. But it would bring too many conflicts of interest for an academic who does much of his work in the public square.

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Delaware Business Court Insider

Dan Aykroyd's Vodka Company Sues TJ Maxx Over Use of Skull Shaped Bottles

By ALM Staff | December 29, 2022

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

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Delaware Business Court Insider

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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