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Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including DLA, Clydes and HSF

DLA Piper has boosted its corporate practice in Bangkok with the hire of O'Melveny & Myers lawyer Tim Tan. Tan, who was previously a counsel with O'Melveny in Singapore in the firm's corporate finance practice, focuses on banking and leverage finance, corporate debt and restructuring and special situations investment transactions.
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Eversheds client Littlewoods faces IP claim over Xmas jumper design

Eversheds' Dublin office is advising Littlewoods over claims one of its Christmas jumpers infringed intellectual property (IP) rights, allegedly causing sales losses at a rival retailer.
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London IP firm Rouse opens in Myanmar

UK intellectual property firm Rouse has become the latest firm to launch an office in Myanmar with a team of two partners. The London-headquartered outfit has opened in the former capital city Yangon, and claims to be the first international IP firm with a presence on the ground.
3 minute read

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Latham and Paul Weiss win The King of mandates as Elvis IP estate sold

Latham & Watkins and Paul Weiss have acted on the sale of the intellectual property (IP) rights of American icons Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali, for an undisclosed sum.
2 minute read

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US firm Finnegan moves European base from Brussels to London

Washington DC-based intellectual property (IP) firm Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner has become the latest US outfit to launch in London, after deciding to close its Brussels office.
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Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including Latham, Bakers and Freshfields

Latham & Watkins has boosted its US practice in Hong Kong with the hire of two corporate lawyers this month. Senior associate Ben Carale has recently been hired as counsel from Sidley Austin, where he was responsible for building the firm's Philippines practice and working on US corporate finance and securities transactions.
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The internet's Big Bang: how to protect IP rights in a universe of new domains

The importance of trademarks when protecting goods or services associated with your brand cannot be underestimated. Yet, despite the inherent value of trademarks and the legal protection they offer, the battle against third parties trying to exploit your brand for their advantage still rages on. In fact, the International Chamber of Commerce predicts that the counterfeit goods market is set to exceed $1.7trn per annum by 2015. Although cases of trademark dispute can arise without malicious intention, online trademark dispute cases often relate to 'cybersquatting'. Cybersquatting is where domain names containing trademarked terms are deliberately registered by parties looking to profit from or malign a major brand. The cheap cost of obtaining domain names, usually secured on a first come, first served basis, allows cybersquatters to register and re-sell domain names that relate to famous brands or celebrities far above the original purchase price. Alternatively, cybersquatters may choose to intentionally keep hold of the domain, recognising the benefits that it will bring in terms of web traffic and associated business.
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In-house lawyers still unsure how upcoming EU patent changes will impact on IP litigation

Many in-house legal teams are still unclear about how they will be affected by next year's overhaul of the European patents system. Research from Legal Week Intelligence in association with Powell Gilbert found that more than one in three lawyers involved in commissioning or carrying out IP work don't know enough about the introduction of the European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court to say how it will change IP litigation. The new structure, which is due to be introduced in spring 2014, will involve the creation of unitary European patents, enforceable across all 28 EU states. The proposed Unified Patent Court would hear infringement cases from across all member states.
2 minute read

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Alex Ferguson autobiography extracts: stolen, or just fairly dealt with?

Via intellectual property lawyer Nikos Prentoulis comes this link to an article - 'Telegraph journalist and ghostwriter of Sir Alex Ferguson book slams BBC for "stealing chunks" of it - but are they in the wrong?'.
7 minute read

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Mayer Brown hires Hogan Lovells partner to lead Asia IP practice

Mayer Brown JSM has appointed Hogan Lovells' partner Gabriela Kennedy to lead its intellectual property and TMT practice across Asia. Kennedy, who has 19 years of experience in her practice, joins the US firm today and brings the total number of IP and TMT partners at Mayer Brown's Hong Kong office to four.
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