People & Business

Taylor Wessing boosts mobile communications team with DLA lawyer

Philipp Krusemarck joined Taylor Wessing's patent litigation team in Munich at the beginning of the year. He comes from DLA Piper as salary partner an ...

J A Kemp hires biotechnology partner in London

European patent attorney firm J A Kemp has hired Ian MacLeod as a partner in its London office. MacLeod joins from Carpmaels & Ransford, where he was ...

Boutique firms front and centre of UK patent market

International firms with multiple offices are often seen at the forefront of European patent disputes. However, the recent JUVE Patent UK rankings sug ...

New rankings: FRAND disputes shaping the UK market

London is currently the hottest place for FRAND disputes in Europe, with boutique firms like Powell Gilbert and Bristows benefitting the most from a t ...

KraussMaffei in-house counsel joins Ege Lee & Partner

German patent attorney firm Ege Lee & Partner will undergo a reshuffle at the beginning of 2020. Stephan Roider, previously director IP Asia Pacific a ...

Swiss Federal Institute of IP elects new council president

Corina Eichenberger-Walther is the new president of the Council of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property. Eichenberger-Walther is the f ...

Avanci expands further with Volvo Cars licence agreement

Volvo Cars has signed a licence agreement with patent pool Avanci. Earlier this week the connected cars patent pool announced new licensors including ...

Avanci boosts 2G, 3G, and 4G offer with new licensors

Acer, Hewlett Packard, Intellectual Discovery and Longhorn IP have joined Avanci. Many of the licensing pool's patents are essential for connected car ...

"The UPC will be operational in early 2021"

After many delays and deliberations, there is renewed hope in the patent community for a fully-functioning UPC. Now Alexander Ramsay, head of the UPC ...

"Insourcing makes us stronger"

Drastic reorganisation of its Intellectual Property team prevented Thyssenkrupp's patent applications from floundering at too low a level. Ironically, ...

Patent ranking Germany: Top filing firms and individuals

Munich is Europe’s centre for patent filing. But which are the leading patent filing firms in Germany? What are their most recommended fields of techn ...

Patent ranking Germany: Top filing and litigation firms

International trio heads German patent market

Progressively more cross-border cases are being brought before German patent courts. This is having real consequences in the country's legal market. F ...

Arnold & Porter reinforces patent practice with Fieldfisher hire

Arnold & Porter is expanding its IP practice in London with Beatriz San Martin, who joined the team last week as partner. San Martin joins from the Lo ...

JUVE Awards names Arnold Ruess and Thyssenkrupp IP teams of the year

Tonight, at the Frankfurt Opera House, JUVE presented its annual German Law Firm of the Year awards in various categories. The 2019 winner in IP is Dü ...