Data practices will be the new oil for thirsty law firms
Since the coronavirus pandemic started, data privacy work has been non-stop. But for the experts working in this area, it is the culmination of a process that has been long in the making.
The Virus Diaries: Hogan Lovells’ Valerie Kenyon on getting her schedule just right
“Why have I not walked the dog every day at 6.30am since we’ve had her? It is a beautiful time in the morning,” says Valerie Kenyon, London partner and co-head of Hogan Lovell’s global products law practice. The Hogan Lovells lifer set off on a three-week business trip in February not expecting to come back […]
A&O drafted in for Manchester United in IP dispute
Manchester United has brought in Allen & Overy as it sues the makers of the Football Manager series for infringing its trademark by using the club’s name extensively in the game. The Premier League club, which announced this week that it had made a £3.3m financial loss in the third quarter, has taken legal action […]
Special report: Poland’s IP revolution
Specialist courts will be introduced this year to raise standards of professionalism in the judiciary and provide more consistent decisions
No delay granted in Bird & Bird Heineken trial after lawyer contracts Covid-19 symptoms
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s bid to delay a trial against Heineken has fallen flat, despite its lawyers at Bird & Bird arguing they were hindered when one of their team fell ill with coronavirus-related symptoms. Acting for AB InBev during a patent dispute linked to a so-called ‘bag-in-a-bottle’, Bird & Bird partner Morag Macdonald highlighted the recent […]
Gowling WLG’s Singapore ally chief decamps with entire IP team to CMS
The founder and managing partner of Gowling WLG’s Singapore association firm JurisAsia, Sheena Jacob, has left for CMS with her entire IP team. The move comes three years after the Singaporean IP boutique entered into an exclusive association with Gowling WLG. JurisAsia was launched by former Tan Rajah & Cheah IP partner Sheena Jacob, who is […]
The Virus Diaries: Hogan Lovells’ privacy head on keeping the social connection while WFH
Global co-head of Hogan Lovells’ privacy and cybersecurity practice Eduardo Ustaran has been looking for ways to replicate the social side of office life. “If this goes on for a while it is going to get a little bit harder,” he says. “The question is, how do we keep that motivation up?”. Working remotely isn’t a […]
Patent lawyers left “scratching heads” as UK u-turns to quit UPC
The UK will no longer be a member of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) system, despite an underlying agreement made in April 2019. The news contradicts previous Prime Minister Theresa May’s commitment to the UK’s membership to the UPC. The Boris Johnson government has made it clear that it envisages a far looser relationship with […]
CMS’s former IP head sets up boutique after forced exit
The former head of IP at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang (CMS), who was asked to leave the firm last year, has launched a specialist advisory boutique. Joel Barry, who was a legacy Olswang partner and joined CMS after its three-way merger with Nabarro in 2017, exited CMS last April. The firm said at the time: […]
Clifford Chance wins role on Apple’s licensing agreement with UK chip maker
A partner duo from Clifford Chance has taken legal duties for UK chip designer Imagination Technologies as part of a license contract with Apple that will revive a relationship that ended a few years ago. The multi-year license agreement marks a new collaboration between Apple and Imagination Technologies, which in the past provided graphic chips […]
Court has Vinyl say on Eminem album: the biggest players in IP litigation
Intellectual property (IP) has been in the spotlight in 2019, with the prevalence of emerging technologies resulting in a growing number of start-ups and established players alike facing up to new IP and data quandaries. Cases in the first half of 2019 included an action concerning Eminem’s first album ‘Infinite’ featuring two record companies and one distribution company. Ultimately, the court found that Let […]
Goodwin to open in Cambridge after Taylor Wessing raid
Goodwin is opening a new office in Cambridge that will exclusively focus on life sciences and technology.