Intellectual Property

Manches boosts IP litigation with Addleshaws partner hire

By Legal Week | June 24, 2009

Manches has signed up intellectual property (IP) and litigation partner Margaret Tofalides from Addleshaw Goddard. Tofalides, who headed up Addleshaws' retail and data and information groups, has experience of working on a wide range of IP matters with a focus on litigation. She has acted for the likes of Argos, Homebase and Harrods.

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Field Fisher posts 8% turnover rise with profits expected to fall

By Legal Week | June 18, 2009

Field Fisher Waterhouse has become the latest firm to announce its financial results, with turnover growing by 8% but the firm predicting a slump in profits per equity partner (PEP). The UK top 40 firm saw revenues rise to £95m during the 2008-09 financial year, up from £88m the previous year. The firm has yet to finalise its PEP figure, but confirmed that it does not expect profits to reach last year's high of £750,000.

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A&O secures IP boost with DLA and Wragges partner hires

By Legal Week | June 12, 2009

Allen & Overy (A&O) has made its first lateral hires since its restructuring, with two new partners joining the firm. The magic circle firm has bolstered its intellectual property (IP) practice with the addition of Neville Cordell, who joins from DLA Piper, and Huw Evans, who joins from Wragge & Co. The duo will focus on contentious IP matters across a variety of industries, including life sciences, financial services, information and media, and technology.

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Freshfields Olympic team gets on track as work gathers pace for 2012 Games

By Legal Week | June 10, 2009

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has stepped up its involvement in the London 2012 Olympics, with dispute resolution partner Raj Parker playing a hands-on role in drafting anti-doping regulations for the Games. Parker is one of a number of Freshfields partners to get involved since the firm was appointed as the official law firm to the Olympics at the beginning of February by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).

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Bristows to build links with Kilpatrick after US firm's City exit

By Mark Goddard | June 2, 2009

Bristows is set to boost its relationship with Kilpatrick Stockton after the intellectual property boutique this month hired the US law firm's last London-based partner.

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Crisis management Q&A - Mike Knapper

By Mark Goddard | December 18, 2008

Companies must be aware of how the current climate is impacting on data protection and privacy, warns Norton Rose IP and technology partner Mike Knapper.

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Law.com

Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: The Federal Circuit's Hot Bench Isn't Cooling Down Any Time Soon + Orrick Joins Effort to Get AIs Recognized as Inventors

By Scott Graham | January 13, 2023

Judges Tiffany Cunningham and Leonard Stark started out their careers being deferential to their colleagues during oral arguments, as is often expected of junior judges. More recently they've been speaking up.

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New York Law Journal

Court Reviews Fair Use Protection for Publishers Embedding Social Media Posts

By Stephen M. Kramarsky and John Millson | January 13, 2023

On the one hand, the social media ecosystem generates a great deal of "newsworthy" content, which is a factor in determining whether use is permissible. On the other, the fact that content creators may retain an expected commercial interest in their posts may trigger enhanced Copyright protection. A recent case in the Southern District of New York analyzed those issues under the "fair use" doctrine.

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National Law Journal

Andrei Iancu Gets a Warm Welcome—but Might Leave Federal Circuit Empty-Handed

By Scott Graham | January 12, 2023

The former PTO director gamely argued for reinstatement of a patent infringement suit against Red Hat and customers of its virtualization products. But the appellate court sounded inclined to affirm a claim construction ruling that doomed the suit.

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Daily Report Online

Atlanta Office Growth Outlined as 'Key Goal' for Ballard Spahr

By Jacob Polacheck | January 11, 2023

"We could be poised to add several groups of lawyers, potentially, if the right opportunities come along," said Richard Miller, the new Atlanta office leader at Ballard Spahr.

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Texas Lawyer

PayPal Faces Patent Suit Over QR Code Payments

By ALM Staff | January 10, 2023

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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Corporate Counsel

Securing IP Ownership in the Remote Work Environment When Employees Change States

By Sarah Schaedler and Jennifer T. Criss | January 10, 2023

This article highlights how the changing concept of "work" may jeopardize employers' ownership of intellectual property, focusing on the specific requirements of specific state statutes and suggesting changes employers can take to avoid footfalls.

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New York Law Journal

Supreme Court To Address Extraterritorial Scope of the Lanham Act

By Catherine Nyarady and Crystal Parker | January 10, 2023

In 2023, the Supreme Court is set to address the extraterritorial application of the protections provided by the Lanham Act.

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The Recorder

The Massive Antitrust Class Action Against Qualcomm Isn't Dead Yet

By Scott Graham | January 9, 2023

Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley rejected a consumer class' tying allegations over the chip giant's "no license, no chips" policy. But the class' allegations of exclusive dealing with Apple may proceed for now, the judge ruled.

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Law.com

Is Trademark Protection Going to the Dogs?

By Jonathan Moskin | January 9, 2023

The Ninth Circuit held in VIP Prods. LLC v. Jack Daniel's Properties that VIP's "Bad Spaniels" dog toy mimicking the appearance of a Jack Daniels whisky bottle was protected expression under the First Amendment. The Supreme Court granted cert in November 2022 to consider the principal question whether humorous use of another's mark on a commercial product should be assessed under Rogers or the traditional multipart test of likelihood of confusion.

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National Law Journal

You Got Our Judge Recused? Fine, We'll Get Your Judge Recused

By Scott Graham | January 9, 2023

Kramer Levin partners Paul Andre and Lisa Kobialka won a $2.75 billion patent infringement judgment in 2020, only to lose it on appeal over a ticky-tack judicial conflict of interest. Now Andre has won a measure of payback at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

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