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Europe's Unified Patent Court: Why Are Some Opting Out?

Having all one's eggs in one basket is scary: that is the very reasoning that was used against the European patent system in the 1970s.
5 minute read

International Edition

'Be Careful What We Wish For': US Jury Rules for Hermès in Historic MetaBirkin NFT Trademark Trial

The jury began deliberating Monday afternoon and on Wednesday morning awarded $133,000 in net profits and statutory damages to Hermès, represented by Baker & Hostetler.
3 minute read

International Edition

European Cheesemakers Urge US Appeals Court to Protect 'Gruyere' Trademark From 'Genericide'

"Everyone knows it's been made in France and Switzerland since before there was a United States," said Richard Lehv of Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu.
4 minute read

International Edition

Osborne Clarke and Morrison & Foerster Add to UK Ranks

Tom Lewis is the second partner to join Osborne Clarke from PwC in two months.
2 minute read

International Edition

Clifford Chance Hires 2 IP Partners in Düsseldorf

The hires come in the build up to next year's full opening of the long-anticipated Unified Patent Court.
2 minute read

International Edition

Amazon, Chinese Authorities Shut Down 3 Counterfeit Chinese Operations

The company used its own Counterfeit Crimes Unit to locate Chinese warehouses and manufacturing facilities and then worked with Chinese authorities to crack down on them, circumventing the need for the involvement of outside counsel.
2 minute read

International Edition

Holland & Knight Lands Former Head of Colombia's National Copyright Directorate 

Camila Santamaría Balen joins at a time when the firm has made a string of hires for its Bogotá office.
2 minute read

International Edition

Unified Patent Court Appoints 85 Judges In Major Step Forward

The Court is on the brink of being fully formed and, from April 2023, will become part of the judicial systems of the 24 EU member states that signed up to it nearly 10 years ago.
3 minute read

International Edition

Akin Gump Expands Public Law And Policy Practice To Europe

Akin Gump has added a former senior public servant to its public law and policy group
2 minute read

International Edition

UK Proposal Extending Property Right to Digital Assets Could Have Sweeping Consequences

Though not surprising, experts suggest that the U.K.'s approach to regulate digital assets could influence ongoing debates around how to apply existing bodies of law to Web3 technologies.
4 minute read

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