People & Business

Gowling grows London office with Norton Rose partner hires

The London office of Gowling WLG has hired two Norton Rose Fulbright partners for its patent team. Huw Evans joined the firm in June, with Jonathan Ba ...

24 June 2019 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

London

EIP hires patent partner from Browne Jacobson

EIP has bolstered its patent litigation group with the hire of a new partner. Kathleen Fox Murphy joins the firm from UK-based law firm Browne Jacobso ...

21 June 2019 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

SEP licensing guidelines

Advice published for Internet of Things roll-out

The App Association and the Fair Standards Alliance (FSA), in conjunction with the Deutsches Institut für Normung, has published a set of guidelines o ...

12 June 2019 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

Licensing agreement

Canon agrees on NFC licence from France Brevets

France Brevets has granted its first near field communication (NFC) licence outside the mobile phone industry. Japanese optical product manufacturer C ...

28 May 2019 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

Austria

Salomonowitz Horak name partner moves to Binder Grösswang

Vienna-based law firm Binder Grösswang is bolstering its intellectual property and IT practice with the addition of Michael Horak. He leaves IP boutiq ...

27 May 2019 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

In-house interview

"The injunction gap is simply unacceptable"

After seven years, Siemens has climbed to the top of patent applicants at the European Patent Office. Beat Weibel, chief IP counsel of Siemens, talks ...

23 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Interview

“The UPC has the support of UK judges” - an interview with David Kitchin

Before his appointment as a Supreme Court judge, David Kitchin presided over the global licence decided in the Unwired Planet vs. Huawei case at the C ...

17 May 2019 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

Long read

Balancing act: women in IP

Women working in intellectual property still expect a trade off between building a family and career success, according to a global survey by World In ...

14 May 2019 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

In-house

Atos welcomes new head of IP strategy

Yann Dietrich has left patent holding France Brevets to join the in-house team at Atos as head of IP strategy and development. Atos is a listed French ...

10 May 2019 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

UK merger

Haseltine Lake merges with Kempner & Partners to bolster litigation practice

UK patent and trademark attorney firm Haseltine Lake has merged with Leeds-based Kempner & Partners. New firm, Haseltine Lake Kempner, has 34 partners ...

8 May 2019 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

Austria

Reform proposed for patent attorneys

The Austrian government has announced a twofold reform for the patent attorney community. Training and qualifications are to be restructured and the r ...

7 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

EPO Boards of Appeal

Boards of Appeal releases annual report 2018

The Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office has released its annual report for 2018. According to the report, structural and personnel changes ...

3 May 2019 by Amy Sandys

People & Business

Connected cars

VW partially agrees on Avanci licence

Four weeks after Audi and Porsche accepted a licence from Avanci, the VW Group has now also signed an agreement with the patent pool. However, it is u ...

2 May 2019 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Long read

Changes afoot at the German Federal Court of Justice

The 10th senate of the Federal Court of Justice is an instance in European patent law. But the court will now get a new senate. Sources suggest it wil ...

23 April 2019 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Staff survey

Aiming for peace at the EPO

Three quarters of EPO staff are willing to go the extra mile to help the European Patent Office succeed. But a staff survey shows a great deal of diss ...

10 April 2019 by Christina Schulze

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