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Paul Hastings bolsters Silicon Valley litigation practice with hiring of top IP litigator

Rudy Kim joins top 30 US law firm from Morrison Foerster where he chaired its Palo Alto litigation department

4 May 2023

'It can’t just be a slogan' - Allen & Overy's Elizabeth Holland on advancing women in IP

Clients and law firms have been successfully collaborating to boost the the number of senior women IP lawyers, A&O's US head of life sciences tells Maura O’Malley

3 May 2023

Allen & Overy elevates 36 to partnership

Proportion of women in latest round rises to 42% from 36% last year as overall number of promotions dips

27 Apr 2023

Women urged to ‘own your voice!’ as World IP Day celebrates women in IP

This year’s theme celebrates women inventors, creators and entrepreneurs as IP offices and law firms host events around the world to mark the day

26 Apr 2023

Supermarket sweep for Lidl as it wins battle with Tesco over their logos

Budget chain secures comprehensive victory against rival in clash over yellow circle and blue background logos

19 Apr 2023

INTA issues white papers on NFTs and the metaverse

Influential trademark association produces reports to help brand practitioners keep pace in a fast moving technological field

19 Apr 2023

Boutique law firm Moyles IP joins forces with Womble Bond Dickinson

Quintet of IP lawyers including name partner move from Connecticut-based firm to transatlantic IP heavyweight

14 Apr 2023

CAFC overturns two district court decisions in cases involving Philip Morris and Dell

Breather for vape pen seller in dispute with tobacco titan as case remanded back to the district court; second case relates to patent for digital storage

14 Apr 2023

Amazon removed six million counterfeit products in 2022 in fight against fakes

Retail giant reports progress in anti-counterfeiting drive as it bolsters seller verification process and expands brand protection programmes

6 Apr 2023

Taylor Wessing secures top patent litigator in Vienna ahead of Unified Patent Court's launch

UPC expert Thomas Adocker joins Anglo-German firm from Schwarz Schönherr

5 Apr 2023

Third IP litigator moves from Wilson Sonini to BakerHostetler in Los Angeles

Erik Carlson joins BakerHostetler just a few months after veteran partners Olivia Kim and Ed Poplawski as Am Law 100 firm moves to build full service IP practice on West Coast

4 Apr 2023

UK IPO's Adam Williams on how the office is delivering its transformative plans

The new CEO of the UK Intellectual Property Office talks to GLP about the power of AI and the office's transformative plans to digitalise and streamline its rights’ services

31 Mar 2023

Freeths wins copyright battle for Bollywood record labels in UK High Court

UK-based record labels and well-known Pakistani performer Akram Rahi in copyright tussle for 12 songs used on YouTube channel in Birmingham-based court

23 Mar 2023

Lenovo ordered to pay nearly $140m to InterDigital in key FRAND dispute

UK High Court hands down landmark FRAND judgment that decides licensing terms between Chinese company Lenovo and technology firm InterDigital

21 Mar 2023

Lifeline for Apple and Google in attempt to change US patent review policy

CAFC decision allows Apple and other tech giants to move one step closer in removing contentious FinTiv rule which makes it harder, they argue, to review patent validity

15 Mar 2023

Top tier 30-lawyer West Coast patent team migrates from Dentons to DLA Piper

Arrival of team led by Peter Yim and including five other partners co-incides with hire of ex-global patent litigator at Apple, Jessica Hannah

13 Mar 2023

US appeals court finds the word gruyere generic in 'mature' battle between Swiss, French and US cheesemakers

Case reaches US appeals court as cheesemakers fail in bid to prevent cheese not made in Switzerland or France being labelled as ‘gruyere’ in US

8 Mar 2023

UK Supreme Court grapples with whether AI can be a patent inventor as DABUS case is heard

Stephen Thaler’s controversial and topical bid to name his AI system DABUS as an inventor reaches the UK’s highest court

7 Mar 2023

Marks & Clerk fails in bid to throw out group 'opt out' claim relating to alleged secret commissions

IP firm alleged to have received secret payments from services provider CPA Global for referring clients

28 Feb 2023

US and UK retain top spots in global IP index amid claims global drive to improve protection may be stagnating

The scores of 28 countries remain unchanged in International Intellectual Property (IP) index from the US Chamber of Commerce

27 Feb 2023