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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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The Recorder

NetApp's Top IP Lawyer, Douglas Luftman

6 minute read

International Edition

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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International Edition

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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International Edition

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.
2 minute read

International Edition

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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International Edition

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.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Innography Adds Visualization Tools and Playbooks to IP Analysis

Product of the Week: Advanced Analysis for intellectual property business intelligence.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Altera's Brian Way

After working at MoFo and Apple, Way became head of IP for the semiconductor company.
6 minute read

International Edition

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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