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Former Pinsents disputes head leads trio of hires for Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell has expanded its business legal services (BLS) division with a group of three lateral hires, including Pinsent Masons litigation head Nigel Kissack. Kissack, who moves to Irwin Mitchell as national head of commercial litigation, is joined by Squire Sanders intellectual property partner Alex Newman and former Brown Rudnick lawyer Kirsten Doherty, who moves as a consultant.
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Veteran Bird & Bird patents partner crosses Atlantic for WilmerHale

Bird & Bird intellectual property (IP) partner Trevor Cook has resigned from the firm after 32 years to join US outfit WilmerHale's New York office. Cook was co-head of the Bird & Bird's international lifesciences group. He joined the top 20 firm as a trainee solicitor in 1974 and was made up as partner in 1981.
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DLA Piper gaming star takes up non-exec role at software developer

DLA Piper gaming partner Hilary Stewart-Jones has left the firm's partnership to take up a board role at software developer Playtech. Stewart-Jones, a leading member of DLA Piper's City intellectual property and technology group, has taken up a non-executive director position with the gaming developer. She will remain a consultant for DLA Piper.
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Lack of diligence putting companies at risk of fraud in emerging markets

The most common type of fraud in emerging markets is intellectual property theft, which was suffered by 29% of respondents to the latest Legal Week Intelligence Benchmarker survey. The report also found that most of companies investing in emerging markets did not tailor their due diligence to the market in which they were investing...
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Another dimension: 3D printing heralds new world of regulation for manufacturers

Additive manufacturing technologies, such as 3D printing, have the potential to radically change the way many industries work. This will have implications for business – and by extension for the law, most obviously in the field of intellectual property (IP). This isn't a theoretical science fiction concept. It is here now, and it is already causing radical shifts in manufacturing practices across a vast range of industries, overturning established economic models in the process. Using a materials printer, you effectively add thin layers of matter to build a real, three-dimensional object from a digital model. There are different forms of additive manufacturing, but they all have a similar basis. As long as you have the right digital design file to guide the process, there are few limits on what you can make.
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Dentons boosts TMT with former Abell teammate from Field Fisher

Dentons has hired leading Field Fisher Waterhouse franchising partner Babette Marzheuser-Wood in a boost to the firm's technology, media and telecommunications practice. Marzheuser-Wood, who joined on Monday (2 September), was appointed to add to Dentons' franchising offering and add to the firm's capabilities in the hotel, leisure and retail sectors.
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Pillsbury boosts London office with five-lawyer Gowlings IP team

Pillsbury has hired a five-strong London intellectual property (IP) team from Canadian firm Gowlings, including two partners. James Tumbridge and Paul Harris join the US firm's London office alongside associates Katerina Mikheev and Robert Peake and Dr Ashley Roughton, formerly an intellectual property and data protection barrister at Hogarth Chambers, who joins Pillsbury as special counsel.
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DLA Singapore exits continue with former managing partner to leave

The former managing partner of DLA Piper's Singapore office, Matthew Glynn, has resigned from the firm, marking the latest senior departure frm the office. IT and telecoms specialist Glynn, who led the Singapore base between June 2011 and February this year and was also head of the firm's Asia intellectual property and technology group, is expected to leave in the coming months to pursue his own venture.
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Field Fisher secures Asia presence with Shanghai tie-up

Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has made its debut into Asia through a tie up with Shanghai outfit Ryer & Associates. The City firm, which is eyeing corporate and IP work in China, has set up a Swiss Verein with the three-partner firm, which goes live today and will operate as Field Fisher Ryser (FFR).
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SJ Berwin leads Sky to victory in key Microsoft infringement battle

SJ Berwin has advised broadcaster Sky on its successful trademark claim against Microsoft, whose 'Skydrive' cloud service was found to infringe on Sky's brand in the UK and Europe. The dispute, which began in 2011, saw Justice Sarah Asplin rule that the US software giant infringed the 'Sky' trademark in naming its cloud service 'SkyDrive', ruling that the name is likely to confuse customers.
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