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Freshfields launches US IP practice

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched an intellectual property (IP) practice in the US with the relocation of City counsel Lindsey Canning. Canning joined the magic circle firm's New York office this month after eleven years in Freshfields' London HQ. She specialises in IP and technology matters in the context of M&A transactions and initial public offerings, across a variety of industry sectors. Her relocation has no fixed term.
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IP lawyers sceptical after ECJ rejects patent court plans

The long delayed agreement to create a single European patent has this month received a downbeat reaction, with intellectual property (IP) advisers arguing that legal opposition to a European Union-wide patent court will hamstring the venture. Ministers from 25 EU states on 10 March approved the creation of a single European patent - a unitary title set to operate across much of the EU. The move has been hailed by supporters as a step forward in the decades-long fight to streamline Europe's patchwork patent regime.
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ECJ warns pan-European patent court would breach EU framework

Long-mooted plans for a pan-European patent court have suffered another setback after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) this week stated that such a policy would conflict with the EU's constitution. The ECJ on Tuesday (8 March) delivered an opinion in response to proposals from EU nations for a European and Community Patent Court - arguing the model would impinge on the role of national courts.
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Norton Rose seals new Indonesia association

Norton Rose has launched a formal tie-up in Indonesia with Susandarini & Partners and bulked up its Australian intellectual property (IP) practice. The firm announced today (1 March) that it has formed a new association with 15-lawyer Susandarini & Partners, ending its previous relationship in Indonesia with Brigitta Rahayoe & Partners.
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Howrey exits continue as five quit for Hogan Lovells in San Francisco

A team of five Howrey partners has left the firm's San Francisco office to join Hogan Lovells, reports The Recorder. Intellectual property (IP) litigator KT Cherian, who reportedly has a book of business worth more than $10m (£6.2m), has joined Hogan along with San Francisco hiring partner Scott Wales, IP partner Sarah Jalali and IP litigation partners Constance Ramos and John Hamann.
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International Edition

Bird & Bird signs up Eversheds commercial head for City base

Bird & Bird has added a partner to its City base with the hire of Eversheds' London head of commercial. Phil Sherrell, who has led the Eversheds team for one year, is joining Bird & Bird's intellectual property (IP) team in London.
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Expansive Dewey secures seven senior lateral hires in a day

Dewey & LeBoeuf has struck an expansive note for the New Year after announcing the hire of seven high-profile lawyers from firms including Dechert, Howrey and Sullivan & Cromwell, writes the Am Law Daily. The hires include Howrey intellectual property litigation partners Henry Bunsow, Denise Mory and Brian Smith, who will join Dewey's San Francisco office, and Craig Allison, a patent litigation partner from Dechert, who will join Dewey's Silicon Valley office.
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International Edition

Wragges and Bird & Bird appointed to comms company's first panel

Wragge & Co and Bird and Bird have won places on communications company Airwave's first legal panel. The two firms were appointed following a competitive tender process at the end of last year involving 12 other firms, with the decision coming after an extensive review of the company's legal services. Airwave, a communications provider for public service organisations, appointed Wragges to its panel despite the firm having no prior relationship with the company's legal team, although the national firm had advised Airwave when it was a subsidiary of O2.
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Former Ropes & Gray associate pleads guilty to insider trading

A former Ropes & Gray intellectual property (IP) associate who had been charged in the Galleon Group insider-trading case has pleaded guilty to insider trading and conspiracy charges, writes the New York Law Journal. Arthur Cutillo, 34, admitted conspiracy and fraud in federal court in Manhattan on Friday (14 January).
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Travers instructed by Sir Stelios over unpaid fees lawsuit from Bird & Bird

EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has instructed Travers Smith to defend him with regards to a lawsuit brought against him by Bird & Bird for a six-digit sum of unpaid fees. The dispute between Sir Stelios and Bird & Bird arose after the law firm was instructed by easyGroup IP Licensing in 2008 to advise on Sir Stelios's brand dispute with the airline over the use of the easyJet name.
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