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Barnes & Thornburg announces 2025 partnership promotions

Barnes & Thornburg announces 2025 partnership promotions

Barnes & Thornburg announced today that 19 attorneys, including five IP attorneys, have been promoted to its partnership, effective January 1, 2025. The new partners represent a diverse range of practice areas and geographic locations across the firm’s national...

UK IPO campaign highlights dangers of counterfeit vehicle parts

UK IPO campaign highlights dangers of counterfeit vehicle parts

The campaign focuses on the serious risks these goods pose, warning that ‘Fake Always Breaks’  The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched a new national awareness campaign warning of the dangers of buying counterfeit vehicle parts The ‘Fake Always...

INTA to host virtual legal clinic focused on trademarks

INTA to host virtual legal clinic focused on trademarks

The International Trademark Association Pro Bono Committee is hosting a Virtual Legal Clinic on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at 11 AM EST, in celebration of International Pro Bono Week. This clinic is open to entrepreneurs, SMEs, non-profits, and charitable...

Quarles & Brady announces 2024 partner class

Quarles & Brady announces 2024 partner class

October 2, 2024 (Milwaukee) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced today that it has elected 18 new partners. “We’re thrilled to welcome this excellent group of attorneys to the partnership at Quarles,” said Mike Aldana, the firm’s managing...

Mewburn Ellis is first UK IP firm to join UN Global Compact

Mewburn Ellis is first UK IP firm to join UN Global Compact

LONDON – Intellectual property firm Mewburn Ellis today announces that it has joined the UN Global Compact initiative – a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation, and disclosure of responsible business practices. Launched in 2000, the UN...

K&L Gates enhances litigation practice with Seattle partner addition

K&L Gates enhances litigation practice with Seattle partner addition

Seattle - Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes John Bender as a partner in its Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Bender joins the firm’s Seattle office from Corr Cronin LLP. Bender focuses his practice on high-stakes commercial and complex litigation...

Harper James boosts IP team with new hire

Harper James boosts IP team with new hire

Harper James, the full-service business law firm purpose-built to enable entrepreneurial businesses to thrive, has hired Cardiff-based intellectual property expert Gosia Evans, a Senior Contentious Intellectual Property Solicitor. Evans brings over 14 years experience...

Tamara Carmichael joins Saul Ewing as an experienced IP partner

Tamara Carmichael joins Saul Ewing as an experienced IP partner

PHILADELPHIA - September 24, 2024 - Tamara Carmichael brings a deeply developed legal practice in the media, entertainment, and advertising industries to Saul Ewing in her role as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. Her focus is primarily on providing...

Bereskin & Parr to join premier IP firm, Smart & Biggar

Bereskin & Parr to join premier IP firm, Smart & Biggar

Bereskin & Parr will be joining fellow premier Canadian IP firm Smart & Biggar. The transaction is expected to complete on September 27, 2024. Smart & Biggar is one of Canada’s leading IP firms, with more than 125 lawyers, patent agents, and trademark...

AG hires leading IP litigator and team as part of strategic expansion

AG hires leading IP litigator and team as part of strategic expansion

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has hired leading IP litigator Geoff Steward and four members of his award-winning team to further enhance its directory-ranked intellectual property practice. Steward will join AG in October from Stobbs, where he was Head...

HGF launches forward-thinking and inclusive parental leave policy

HGF launches forward-thinking and inclusive parental leave policy

This policy positions HGF as the first Intellectual Property firm in the UK to provide all eligible colleagues, irrespective of gender, with access to the best parental leave and pay offering including up to 52 weeks of leave with 26 weeks at full pay. Launching...

European IP firm aera joins the Rouse Group 

European IP firm aera joins the Rouse Group 

One of the fastest-growing IP firms in Europe combines with the market leader in Asia to create a truly standout global offering.  London - 22 August 2024 - Rouse, the leading International IP services business, today announces its merger with European IP consultancy...

HGF’s 10th Annual IP in Retail Conference 2024

HGF’s 10th Annual IP in Retail Conference 2024

HGF’s Annual IP in Retail Conference is back, and this year they are celebrating their 10th anniversary. The conferences will take place on 18 September in Manchester and 3 October in London. This year’s retail conference promises a comprehensive look into current and...

UK Intellectual Property Office welcomes new IP Minister

UK Intellectual Property Office welcomes new IP Minister

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) welcomes the announcement that Feryal Clark MP has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology, with responsibility for IP. The IPO’s CEO, Adam Williams,...

Buchalter welcomes IP shareholder in San Francisco

Buchalter welcomes IP shareholder in San Francisco

Buchalter is pleased to announce that Robert Becker has joined the firm as a Shareholder in its San Francisco office as a member of the Intellectual Property practice group. “We are thrilled to welcome Rob to Buchalter,” said Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive...

Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum appoints Belen Recchini as partner

Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum appoints Belen Recchini as partner

The firm specialized in intellectual property, technology, and data privacy, Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum, has appointed Belen Recchini as its new partner. Recchini has been part of the company's team since February 2019. Recchini is a lawyer who graduated from the...

Clarivate launches IP Collaboration Hub

Clarivate launches IP Collaboration Hub

Enabling users to save time and reduce risks in the IP filing and prosecution process London, UK - June 24, 2024 - Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today launched the IP Collaboration Hub™ at the 2024 Clarivate...

INTA argues NFTs and intangible goods are within Lanham Act’s scope

INTA argues NFTs and intangible goods are within Lanham Act’s scope

New York, New York — June 18, 2024 — The International Trademark Association (INTA) has filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Yuga Labs, Inc. v. Ryder Ripps, Jeremy Cahen, No. 24-879, a case considering whether non-fungible tokens...

INTA publishes report on unlocking intellectual property for the media

INTA publishes report on unlocking intellectual property for the media

New York, New York—May 21, 2024—The International Trademark Association (INTA) has published its 2023 Presidential Task Force (PTF) report, Unlocking IP. The report addresses the question of how to disseminate factually correct and usable information about...

Keystone Law expands IP offering with appointment of three partners

Keystone Law expands IP offering with appointment of three partners

Keystone Law has welcomed Intellectual Property litigation partners James Tumbridge, Robert Peake, and Marcus Collins to the firm enhancing its IP offering to clients across multiple sectors. Joining from Venner Shipley and Irwin Mitchell respectively, the partners...

Questel surpasses 1,000 IPMS clients

Questel surpasses 1,000 IPMS clients

Questel, a global leader in intellectual property (IP) management and technology services, has surpassed the 1,000-customer milestone for its IP management systems (IPMS). By positioning IP management technology at the heart of its strategy, Questel has built...

HGF continues to grow with seven new promotions

HGF continues to grow with seven new promotions

HGF is pleased to announce that seven members of its team have been promoted from Director to Partner. These promotions will be effective from 1 May 2024 and reflect the immense dedication, expertise, and commitment to excellence demonstrated by these individuals....

Ward Hadaway’s new Managing Partner outlines plans to double in size

Ward Hadaway’s new Managing Partner outlines plans to double in size

A leading Northern law firm's new Managing Partner today announced plans to achieve 100% growth within the next 10 years. Steven Petrie has laid out his ambitions after being announced as the new Managing Partner at Ward Hadaway, a firm with offices in Leeds,...

New CITMA President elected

New CITMA President elected

Kelly Saliger has been elected as President of The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) and will make education one of her top priorities. Saliger, who is a dual-qualified Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and Solicitor, began her two-year term in the role...

CWB launches new brand identity

CWB launches new brand identity

CWB is excited to share that its new brand identity has been launched.  CWB emerged as an unrivaled super-regional firm in 2023 following the merger of leading intellectual property specialists Cedar White Bradley, Hahn & Hahn, and PETOŠEVIĆ Group. With 29...

Mishcon de Reya boosts IP offering with new partner hire

Mishcon de Reya boosts IP offering with new partner hire

Mishcon de Reya has announced that Angela Fox has agreed to join the firm as a Partner in its Intellectual Property team.   Fox has over 27 years of experience in trademark practice, initially as a trademark attorney and, since 2003, as a solicitor. Fox works with...

Lewis Silkin makes record number of partner promotions

Lewis Silkin makes record number of partner promotions

LONDON – Law firm Lewis Silkin has today announced the promotion of nine new partners. These come from across the firm’s practice group offerings, including the Employment, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Financial Services Regulatory and Corporate,...

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