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: […]
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 […]
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 is opening a new office in Cambridge that will exclusively focus on life sciences and technology.
Taylor Wessing has reacted to the loss of a life sciences and technology partner duo taken away by Goodwin Procter from its Cambridge office with a new hire from Eversheds Sutherland. The firm has brought intellectual property partner Adrian Toutoungi, who will join the firm’s Cambridge office. The office had been deprived of partners ever […]
Pinsent Masons has bolstered its life sciences and technology team in London by appointing Nicole Jadeja from Fieldfisher. This is the second departure from Fieldfisher’s life sciences team this month, following on from Rebecca Baines’ decision to go in-house at medical technologies company Stryker. The pair joined Fieldfisher from the boutique firm Rouse in February […]
Reed Smith is beefing up its Paris office with a new team hire, bringing in a three-lawyer group from Dentons. Dentons partner intellectual property partner Marianne Schaffner is joining Reed Smith’s IP, technology and data practice in Paris along with two associates. She spent over a year at Dentons, where she headed the intellectual property […]
Peters & Peters will continue with its preparation for the Servier dispute after the Court of Appeal dismissed the pharmaceutical company’s appeal against a judge’s decision that was handed down last year. The case, which is featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases 2019, is due to be heard in October, but this was Servier’s […]
Gowling WLG and Indian law firm Naik Naik & Company have entered into a revised referral agreement with a commitment to further strengthen and deepen their existing relationship. Established in 2004, Naik Naik & Company has two offices in Mumbai and strong capabilities in a wide range of sectors and services. The firm has worked […]
Nearly two years after bringing in Hogan Lovells’ product liability head Rod Freeman, Cooley has hired another partner from the firm to boost its IP department. The West Coast US firm has recruited partner Charlie Winckworth, making him the firm’s first City lateral hire in nearly a year. Winckworth has spent his 14-year-long career at Hogan Lovells, […]
International law firm Gowling WLG and Hamilton-based law firm ESB Lawyers announced today that they are joining forces, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Pairing ESB’s market-leading local expertise with Gowling WLG’s robust global platform, the newly merged practice promises to set a new benchmark for advisory services in the Hamilton region and redefine the role a […]
James Berry appeared in judicial review challenge to the decision of a police misconduct panel not to dismiss a police officer who the panel found had attempted to kiss a vulnerable member of the public while he was on duty. James argued that the panel had acted unlawfully by failing to follow the correct approach to determining disciplinary action […]