KWM SJB scores appeal court win for BSkyB against Dechert client
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWM SJB) has defeated Dechert in the Court of Appeal in a trademark battle for British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB).
View ArticleDuo of IP firms join Myanmar rush
Another two international firms have joined the growing rush into Myanmar, with UK IP firm Rouse and South East Asian firm Tilleke & Gibbins both expanding into the country.
View ArticleOsborne Clarke to set up shop in Amsterdam
Osborne Clarke is to launch an office in Amsterdam in the New Year, marking the firm’s fourth international opening with a year.
View ArticleNabarro landed with £130m professional negligence claim
Nabarro has been hit with a £130m professional negligence claim by a former client disgruntled over the way it conducted a High Court battle.
View ArticleHogan Lovells hires Freshfields Asia IP head
Hogan Lovells has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former Asia IP/IT and TMT head Mark Parsons as a partner in Hong Kong.
View ArticleBond Dickinson adds to IP team with Walker Morris hire
Bond Dickinson has hired Walker Morris’s IP head Patrick Cantrill in a boost for its IP and media team.
View ArticleKWM loses 13-strong IP team to Minter Ellison in Melbourne
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has seen two IP partners exit the firm in Melbourne, taking their 13-strong team to rival Minter Ellison.
View ArticleLewis Silkin client Lush wins trademark fight with Amazon
Lewis Silkin client Lush has won a monumental trademark battle against Amazon at the High Court.
View ArticleBird & Bird team quit Stockholm office to launch boutique
A quartet of partners from Bird & Bird in Sweden have left the firm along with six other lawyers to launch a boutique focused on emerging companies.
View ArticleIP firm Mathys & Squire becomes first firm to move into Shard
IP firm Mathys & Squire is the first legal tenant of the Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe.
View ArticleFFW announces reduced promo round as two partners exit
Field Fisher Waterhouse has witnessed the departure of two further partners from its IP practice.
View ArticleBrown Rudnick pulls half of first-year associate offers as London set to expand
Brown Rudnick has pulled offers from half of the associates set to join the firm in the autumn, a move that comes weeks after it announced plans to bolster its London IP team.
View ArticleSpeechly loses IP and corporate recovery heads as merger vote nears
Speechly Bircham’s head of intellectual property (IP) Alexander Carter-Silk has quit for Brown Rudnick, while its corporate recovery chief Christopher Harlowe has resigned for offshore firm Mourant...
View ArticleOlswang bulks up Munich patent team with former Eversheds partner
Olswang has hired seven lawyers for its German patent team, including the former head of legacy Hammonds’ Munich office, Herbert Kunz.
View ArticleBird & Bird joins Indonesia race with double allies
Bird & Bird has expanded its Pan-Asian alliance network by adding two Indonesian firms.
View ArticleNautaDutilh mourns loss of partner killed in Malaysia Airlines crash
Benelux firm NautaDutilh has paid tribute to IP partner John Allen, who was killed with his family in the flight MH17 plane crash last week.
View ArticleFreshfields spins off Barcelona office into IP boutique
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has confirmed the closure of its Barcelona corporate practice and the spin-out of its IP/IT team in the city into new boutique, Intangibles Legal.
View ArticlePremier League lawyers will not sue fans over ‘pirated’ Vine videos
Football fans will not be pursued with legal action for sharing unofficial footage on the popular Twitter-owned video platform, Vine.
View ArticleBaker & McKenzie, Mayer Brown, Olswang and Slaughters win Unilever panel places
Baker & McKenzie, Mayer Brown, Olswang and Slaughter and May have all won spots on Unilever’s inaugural panel.
View ArticleSimmons launches Chinese IP practice through Rouse hire
Simmons & Simmons has launched an IP agency in Beijing today, with regulatory approval to file Chinese patents and litigate trademark disputes in state courts for the first time.
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