Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has hired its new head of intellectual property and technology transactions from Latham & Watkins. Deborah Kirk, who trained at Linklaters before becoming head of transactional intellectual property in Latham’s London office, will lead on Skadden’s technological IP matters. Skadden executive partner Jeremy London said: “Deborah joins the firm […]
A partner from Gowling WLG’s life sciences team is joining Cooley’s London office after a series of departures from the US firm. Jenny Davies moves to Cooley having been a partner at Gowling WLG for three years. She has spent her entire career at Gowling WLG and its legacy firms, moving up through the ranks […]
The founder of IP boutique Powell Gilbert, Tim Powell, has joined Morgan Lewis to expand the firm’s UK and European intellectual property (IP) practice in what is a competitive patent litigation landscape. Powell, who co-founded Powell Gilbert in 2007 alongside fellow patent litigator Penny Gilbert, told The Lawyer he was looking forward to a “new […]
In a bid to expand its intellectual property practice, Addleshaw Goddard is adding five lawyers to its ranks from a specialist City firm. Stobbs’ head of litigation Geoff Steward is joining Addleshaws, along with four lawyers. Steward has worked at Stobbs for nearly six years, and played a key role in developing the firm’s IP […]
Morgan Lewis has made two new hires in its London office to expand its life sciences offering in disputes and corporate. The firm has hired intellectual property litigator Hiroshi Sheraton from Baker McKenzie, where he was for 10 years. Sheraton’s practice focuses on contentious patent and trademark issues, and prior to Baker McKenzie, he spent […]
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired a new partner from Goodwin to expand its privacy and cybersecurity team in London. Lore Leitner joins as a partner in the privacy, cybersecurity and data innovation practice, moving from Goodwin where she has been a partner for over two years. Her career has seen her gain experience at […]
Qatari ex-PM hit with new claim According to the public filing system, ex-Prime Minister and Qatari royal Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani has been hit with a new claim filed on Friday (28 June) in the Commercial Court, brought by a company owned by Northern Irish businessman Paddy McKillen. McKillen’s company, Hume […]
EasyGroup founder and chairman Stelios Haji-Ioannou has called out chancery judges in a statement released today (13 June) after Justice Bacon ruled against the company in a claim brought against cosmetics company Beauty Perfectionists in the High Court. He has already stated his intention to appeal the ruling. Haji-Ioannou said: “We have found that there […]
In this week’s Spotlight, we take a look at Wiggin’s music team to discover the disputes behind our favourite hits. The market: The music industry has been one of the hardest hit by emerging technologies and mediums such as shortform video and artificial intelligence (AI). Streaming now dominates how music is consumed, and while it’s […]
Moderna takes on Pfizer in Covid-19 patent clash Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna are due to go head to head in the Patents Court tomorrow (23 April) for a 16-day trial concerning the Covid-19 vaccines they developed during the pandemic. Freshfields is representing the claimant Moderna, while Pfizer is being represented by Taylor Wessing for […]
Dr Martens gives Temu the boot in new IP claim AirWair, the company behind Dr Martens, is taking on budget online marketplace Temu, registered as “Whaleco”, in a new part 7 “passing off and trade marks” claim filed in the High Court’s Intellectual Property List on 9 April. AirWair is represented by Lewis Silkin in […]
Kirkland & Ellis and Reed Smith have taken leading roles in the settlement of the UK’s first “implementer-led” Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) action. The settlement was reached on 4 April and decided via a Tomlin Order, rendering the details of the parties’ settlement confidential. A first instance trial was set to heard tomorrow (12 […]