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Intellectual Property
News and expert analysis on IP developments from the courts to the USPTO.
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Israeli Firm Pearl Cohen Combines with San Francisco IP Boutique
By Samson Amore | January 31, 2025
The Israeli law firm gains a foothold in Northern California as a result of the deal.
1 minute read
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Court Rejects Uber's Attempt to Move IP Suit to Latin America
By Marianna Wharry | January 31, 2025
"Grip essentially alleges that the entire project was a ruse: Uber falsely expressed interest in licensing or acquiring Grip's technology, and wrongfully enticed Grip to participate in the Brazilian pilot program while intending to steal or reverse engineer Grip's technology," Suffolk County Superior Judge Debra A. Squires-Lee said.
1 minute read
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Birkenstocks: Footwear or Fine Art? German Law Firm SKW Schwarz Steps Up in Court
By Ulrike Barth | January 10, 2025
Birkenstock’s German law firm SKW Schwarz argues the iconic sandals qualify as ‘art’ under copyright law but rival shoe retailers in the German Federal Court aren’t sold on the idea.
1 minute read
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Jeantet Takes Partner-Led, Eight-Lawyer IP Team From Aramis France
By Rick Mitchell | January 6, 2025
Aramis co-founding partner Benjamin May, an IP litigator, has left Aramis with his entire eight-lawyer team.
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Bird & Bird Steers Katjes in Bittersweet Dispute with Lindt & Nestlé Over Vegan Chocolate Patent
By Ulrike Barth | December 23, 2024
The holiday season may be sweet, but competition in the billion-dollar vegan chocolate market is anything but. German and Swiss lawyers are unwrapping their best strategies to gain a competitive edge.
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Bird & Bird CEO Christian Bartsch: ‘We Aim to Become a Billion-Euro Firm’
By Ulrike Barth | December 11, 2024
Bird & Bird aims to increase revenue to more than $1 billion within the next five years, with the German practice playing a crucial role.
1 minute read
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Newly-Appointed Kirkland Clinches Victory at Supreme Court in Longrunning Sky Feud
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | November 14, 2024
Lawyers say the judgment had been highly anticipated because it had the potential to deviate from settled EU case law on what constitutes bad faith registrations of a trade mark.
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Latham Suffers Latest Departure as Skadden Swoops for London IP Head
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | November 4, 2024
This is the latest high-profile departure for Latham as the firm continues to suffer a slew of exits.
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Kirkland & Ellis Triumphs in High Court Cancer Treatment Patent Case
By Molly Smith | October 9, 2024
The patent concerns a treatment for prostate cancer.
2 minute read
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How Law Firms Are Cashing In on the IP Boom in Saudi and the UAE
By Dario Sabaghi | September 29, 2024
IP law reforms in the Middle East are allowing lawyers to shape future regulations and counsel clients but enforcement is still the Wild West.
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Reshaping IP Policy Under the Second Trump Administration
By Julianna L. Hunt | February 4, 2025
If Trump’s prior presidential term serves as any indication of what is to come, we can expect to see several significant shifts in the IP landscape, most notably pro-patent legislative reform, a continued push for artificial intelligence (AI) development accompanied by a broadening of patent protection for AI inventions, and a declining efficiency and productivity of patent application processing and review.
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Patent Pending ... and Pending ... and Pending? Brace Yourself for Longer Waits
By Lawrence Ashery | February 3, 2025
The recent presidential memorandum requiring federal employees to return to in-person work, coupled with a hiring freeze across the entire federal government, could have significant consequences for innovators, businesses and anyone seeking intellectual property protection.
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Zoom Faces Intellectual Property Suit Over AI-Based Augmented Video Conferencing
By Marianna Wharry | January 31, 2025
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
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State Court Rejects Uber's Attempt to Move IP Suit to Latin America
By Marianna Wharry | January 31, 2025
"Grip essentially alleges that the entire project was a ruse: Uber falsely expressed interest in licensing or acquiring Grip's technology, and wrongfully enticed Grip to participate in the Brazilian pilot program while intending to steal or reverse engineer Grip's technology," Suffolk County Superior Judge Debra A. Squires-Lee said.
1 minute read
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Pearl Cohen Enters San Francisco Market Via Combination With IP Boutique
By Samson Amore | January 31, 2025
The Israeli law firm gains a foothold in Northern California as a result of the deal.
1 minute read
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Delaware Business Court Insider
Etsy App Infringes on Storage, Retrieval Patents, New Suit Claims
By ALM Staff | January 31, 2025
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
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How We Won It: Latham Secures Back-to-Back ITC Patent Wins for California Companies
By Michelle Morgante | January 29, 2025
Partner Kevin Wheeler led Latham teams in separate offensive litigation cases before the ITC to protect the IP of wireless networking giant Netgear and Serendia, an Orange County-based medical devices company.
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Elevate Acquires Intellectual Property Research Provider Sagacious IP
By Benjamin Joyner | January 28, 2025
The purchase, Elevate’s third in nine months, brings new IP capabilities to the legal services provider.
1 minute read
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IP Firm Fish & Richardson to Open Chicago Office
By Jon Campisi | January 28, 2025
The planned, 4,300-square-foot office in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood is expected to be a space of innovation and collaboration for the firm's specialized intellectual property attorneys.
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LinkedIn Suit Says Millions of Profiles Scraped by Singapore Firm’s Fake Accounts
By Michelle Morgante | January 27, 2025
A lawsuit filed in Northern California alleges Nubela and its U.S.-based subsidiary, Proxycurl, create fake accounts faster than LinkedIn can block them and unlawfully scrape data from millions of LinkedIn profiles that is then sold to third parties.
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