Intellectual Property News
Bird & Bird snares franchising duo from FFW after Abell hire
Bird & Bird has hired two franchising partners from Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) following the recruitment of high-profile IP and IT head Mark Abell.
Copyright body Fact to reveal first GC after Wiggin secondment
The Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) is gearing up to unveil its first-ever general counsel, whose appointment is expected to be announced in the coming week.
Freshfields to merge IP and IT into corporate and disputes
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to amalgamate its IP and IT practice into its corporate and disputes groups.
BPI secures High Court illegal website crackdown
The High Court has today (28 February 2013) handed down judgment in a major copyright case that has been described as “a wake-up call for illegal websites”
K&L Gates loses IP partner to UK tech boutique Kemp Little
Technology boutique Kemp Little has hired K&L Gates IP partner Rebecca Halford-Harrison.
Intellectual Property Analysis
Patent by numbers
A single patent court system for Europe and the high-profile ‘phone wars’ are putting IP at the heart of clients’ business strategies
Paper clipped
New EU rules and lawyers’ increased comfort with digital formats are sparking a sea-change in the way law firms manage their documents
Faulty powers
Fighting online piracy has been a hot issue for several years. Do we need a new Copyright Act? Four leading in-house lawyers have their say
Profession blows hot and cold over plan for digital copyright exchange
Proposals to introduce a digital copyright exchange may be wishful thinking and could create a two-tier system of IP protection, according to sector experts.
Unified vision
The fate of the recent Johnson & Johnson contact lens action shows why the pace of movement towards a centralised EU patent system is quickening, says Douglas Campbell
