Patent market moves Archives

Plasseraud opens Amsterdam office with Simmons & Simmons patent attorney

New year, new location: Plasseraud opens a new office in Amsterdam. The French IP firm has hired partner and patent attorney Johan Renes from Simmons ...

8 January 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

In-house move

AI company Orbem hires new head of IP from Bardehle Pagenberg

Humphrey Morhenn was newly appointed head of intellectual property at AI company Orbem.

7 January 2025 by Laura King

People & Business

Finnegan Henderson, Johannes Druschel, Quinn Emanuel Sullivan & Urquhart

Germany

Finnegan Henderson adds fifth IP partner in Munich from Quinn Emanuel

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner is the next US law firm to beef up its patent team in Europe. Quinn Emanuel counsel Johannes Druschel ...

6 January 2025 by Laura King

People & Business

Morgan Lewis, Alexander Ritter, Tim Powell, Baker McKenzie

Germany

Morgan Lewis expands European patent litigation team in Munich with Baker partner

Yet another US law firm is establishing a European patent litigation practice. Following the arrival of Tim Powell in the UK in autumn, Morgan Lewis i ...

6 January 2025 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Germany

Klinkert IP team opens new Frankfurt office for BluePort

The Frankfurt law firm Klinkert is dissolving and the small IP team is joining BluePort Legal. It brings expertise in trademarks and patents to the sp ...

19 December 2024 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

In-house move

Steve Faraji becomes new IP litigation head at Volkswagen

Volkswagen appoints patent attorney Steve Faraji as the carmaker's new head of IP litigation.

19 November 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

In-house move

Emily O'Neill joins BAT as head of patents

British American Tobacco hires Emily O'Neill from Deminor as head of patents.

10 September 2024 by Laura King

People & Business

WSL, HGF, Jan Robert Naefle, Markus Zoller, Ausra Naefe

Germany

Patent attorney firm WSL opens office in Munich with HGF team

In July, WSL ventured into Munich, bringing in three patent attorneys from HGF as its starting team. WSL is the latest German law firm to readjust fol ...

7 August 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Germany

Chemistry and pharma team joins Eisenführ Speiser in Munich and Hamburg

A five-strong team of patent attorneys is moving from Uexküll & Stolberg to Eisenführ Speiser. The team's two partners bring over twenty years of ...

17 July 2024 by Christina Schulze

People & Business

Italy

Lavoix expands in Italy

Lavoix has acquired the Italian IP firm Giambrocono. Thus, as the UPC launches its central division in Milan, the French mixed IP firm is strengthenin ...

2 July 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Marianne Schaffner, Celine Bey and team, Gowling WLG

France

Reed Smith patent team joins Gowling WLG

Marianne Schaffner has moved to Gowling WLG with two associates. After working at US law firms such as Reed Smith, she is now returning to a patent te ...

27 June 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Portugal

Three VdA associates team up to launch new IP practice

Three former associates of the Portuguese law firm Vieira de Almeida have founded the IP boutique NLP. The new practice will focus on pharmaceutical d ...

14 June 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Sponsored Content NPE activity in Europe

European Patent Litigation and Non-Practicing Entities: A Large and Looming Threat

PAEs from the U.S are spreading to Europe, with eight out of the top ten most active NPEs in Europe being US-based companies. One in every seven infri ...

13 June 2024 by Unified Patents, LLC

People & Business

Austria

Austrian patent attorney firms join technical and UPC forces

Two of Austria's best-known patent attorney firms are joining forces to focus more closely on the UPC. Sonn Patentanwälte and Haffner & Keschmann ...

6 June 2024 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Shoosmiths, Marks & Clerk, London, patent litigation

UK

Shoosmiths hires patent litigator specialising in life sciences

As part of a strategy to build up its IP areas of technology, life sciences and brands by 2030, UK firm Shoosmiths has hired patent litigation partner ...

17 May 2024 by Laura King

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