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A&O takes on top patent litigator with hire of Field Fisher Germany head

Allen & Overy (A&O) has secured a key European litigation hire with the addition of Field Fisher Waterhouse's Germany managing partner Joachim Feldges, less than two years after he joined the firm from Howrey. Feldges, who heads up Field Fisher's offices in Munich, Duesseldorf and Hamburg, joined the firm in January 2011 from Howrey, leading a four-partner team that transferred Howrey's Munich and Duesseldorf bases in their entirety to Field Fisher.
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US firm Kilpatrick Townsend opens in Shanghai

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has opened an office in Shanghai in response to China's growing intellectual property (IP) market. The US firm has launched in Zhang Jiang High-Tech Park with IP partner Kenneth Chang and associate Charles Gray, both of whom have relocated to China from Kilpatrick's Denver office.
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Freshfields and Linklaters lead on Barclays takeover of ING Direct UK

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have won lead roles on Barclays' takeover of ING Direct UK, the British online banking arm of Dutch company ING.
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Taylor Wessing and RPC confirm new launch plans for Asia

Taylor Wessing and Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) have confirmed plans to open new bases in Asia, as UK law firm interest in the region shows no sign of abating.
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The law of luxury goods

With few industries performing better than the €185bn (£148bn) luxury goods sector, a rising number of lawyers and law graduates are electing it as their business development focus.
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Bakers seals fixed-fee deal with software giant SAP to manage worldwide trademark portfolio

Baker & McKenzie has agreed a new fixed-fee deal with German software company SAP to manage its entire trademark portfolio globally.
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Cleary, Squire Sanders and McDermott lead charge of big law firms to Seoul

The past few years have seen China hogging the headlines and boardroom discussions, but as companies adopt a pan-Asian strategy amid slowing Western economies, South Korea has rapidly become the new focus for firms.
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Apple v Samsung: how do juries calculate damages in complex patent cases?

"How did the jury calculate damages? Well, armed with these jury instructions, they did what most people seem to do when faced with the dark art of calculating patent infringement damages: they stuck their nine figures in the air, filled out a form, and came up with a number..."
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MoFo and WilmerHale secure $1bn win for Apple in Samsung patent dispute

Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have helped Apple to a landmark $1bn (£634m) court victory in its high-profile patent dispute with Samsung, reports The Recorder. The jury in the case - which centred around the claim that Samsung ripped off the unique design features of Apple's iPad and iPhone - found that Samsung infringed most of the patents Apple sued over, and its trade dress on the iPhone and iPad, and did so willfully.
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Travers and Freshfields head up launch of new Tesco-backed coffee venture

Travers Smith and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised on the establishment of a new Tesco-backed coffee venture called Harris & Hoole. Tesco has reportedly taken a 49% share in the new business, with independent coffee outlet Taylor St Baristas holding the majority stake.
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