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• Freshfields first magic circle firm to make redundancies

  
  Sep 22 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has laid off four associates in its real estate group, becoming the first magic circle firm to make redundancies. The firm’s commercial property... more
  
  

• Former federal prosecutor Michael Buchanan joins Jenner & Block

  Sep 16 2008 Michael F. Buchanan, an experienced white-collar criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor with a substantial background in patent law and engineering,... more

• IP attorneys increasingly getting their own patents and suing

  Sep 11 2008 Various IP attorneys involved in patent hoarding lawsuits are seeing how lucrative it can be to just get a patent and sue -- and so they're eagerly jumping into the... more

• McDermott hires ex-Taylor Wessing chief Gary Moss

  Sep 05 2008 McDermott Will & Emery has poached Taylor Wessing’s IP partner Gary Moss who had been managing partner of UK firm Taylor Joynson Garrett before and throughout its... more

• DLA Piper loses IP Partner Andrew Dodd to Field Fisher

  
  Aug 29 2008 DLA Piper has been hit by the loss of an IT litigator less than a month after making five redundant in its technology, media and communications group. Partner Andrew Dodd has... more
  
  

• Kirkland recruits Latham IP partner Steven Cherny in New York

  
  Aug 20 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has bolstered its intellectual property (IP) capabilities with the hire of a patent litigation partner Steven Cherny from US rival Latham & Watkins. more
  
  

• Heller Ehrman hires DLA Piper IP partner for London office

  
  Aug 04 2008 Heller Ehrman has recruited IP partner Richard Penfold from DLA Piper to boost its year-old London office as speculation over an impending merger with Baker & McKenzie persists. more
  
  

• Mediaset chooses Italian firms for €500M lawsuit against Google and YouTube

  Aug 01 2008 Italian publishing company Mediaset has hired local litigation firms Calleri Noviello & Morazzoni Sangalli and Studio Previti to represent it in a €500m lawsuit... more

• Wragge opens Munich IP base

  Aug 01 2008 Birmingham-based law firm Wragge & Co LLP is to open an IP litigation office in Munich by September, though it will maintain its relationship with German best friend... more

• Alston & Bird to Open in Silicon Valley With Akin Group

  Jul 29 2008 Just six months after King & Spalding another Atlanta-based firm, Alston & Bird, is set to open its doors in the Bay Area. A group of IP lawyers leaving Akin Gump... more

• Success for Baker and McKenzie: Scots boy must give up Narnia website

  
  Jul 25 2008 Baker & McKenzie has prevailed over a Scottish family in a fight over the narnia.mobi domain name, after a decision from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). ... more
  
  

• Ebay Wins Tiffany Trademark Case

  Jul 15 2008 eBay today won a landmark trademark case that had been filed against the company by Tiffany. The jewelery retailer had sued eBay in 2004, alleging that many of the... more

• Singing cowboy joins Orrick as IP partner

  
  Jul 02 2008 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe announced that it had hired the former head of Jones Day’s Los Angeles intellectual property group, Rob Dickerson as a partner. According to... more
  
  

• Morrison Foerster raids Sonnenschein for trio of IP partners

  Jun 25 2008 Morrison Foerster has hired a three-partner IP team from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal for its Palo Alto and Washington DC offices. Alexandria Hadjis and Kristen... more

• Baker & McKenzie vs 11-year old in Narnia IP row

  
  Jun 17 2008 A couple from Edinburgh is being threatened with a law suit by Baker & McKenzie over their son’s 11th birthday present. Gillian Ferguson and Richard Saville-Smith bought the... more
  
  

• Intellectual property law goes well with science

  Jun 17 2008 Though experienced energy lawyers with portable business are widely courted, triple-crowned intellectual property lawyers — those with undergrad and doctorate... more

• Philadelphia Law Firm Ballard Spahr Acquires Atlanta IP Boutique

  Jun 17 2008 In an expansion move, the Philadelphia law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P. is set to announce its acquisition of an Atlanta-based intellectual... more

• Baker Botts opens Palo Alto office

  Jun 09 2008 Seeking to boost its intellectual property practice, Houston law firm Baker Botts LLP has opened a new office in Silicon Valley. Baker Botts has 800 lawyers in 12... more

• Howrey Loses $250 Million IP Verdict in East Texas

  Jun 01 2008 a federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas gave a big win to hometown lawyer Sam Baxter of Dallas-based McKool Smith, awarding his client, Medtronic, $250 million... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf Boosts Silicon Valley Presence with IP and Biotech Team

  
  May 29 2008 Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has announced that Barbara A. Caulfield, Michael J. Malecek and Peter E. Root are joining the firm as partners, while Dr. Stephen C. Holmes is joining as... more
  
  

• Allen & Overy Hamburg partner Harte-Bavendamm sets up IP boutique

  
  May 22 2008 Henning Harte-Bavendamm, Allen & Overy IP and commercial partner in Hamburg, has set up his own boutique practice, taking three associates with him. He will open under the name... more
  
  

• K&L Gates Adds Two Intellectual Property Lawyers in New York Office

  May 12 2008 The New York office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) welcomes Gary A. Walpert and Andrew L. Reibman as partners in the firm’s... more

• DLA Piper launches NY patent team with former Clifford Chance IP chief

  
  Apr 10 2008 DLA Piper has snared former Clifford Chance America IP head to lead its IP practice group in the New York office. Drew Wintringham, who joined the firm as partner on April 7, is... more
  
  

• US copyright group says Canada joining China, Russia as top violator

  Feb 13 2008 China, Russia and Canada are the main violators of US copyright law, according to report issued Monday by a US-based industry group. The International Intellectual... more

• Greenberg's Silicon Valley IP Chief Heads for Squire

  Jan 29 2008 The head of Greenberg Traurig's intellectual property practice has flown the coop he helped build. Wayne Jones joined Greenberg's Silicon Valley office in 2004, the... more

• Howrey takes Simmons and Taylor Wessing IP partners

  Jan 13 2008 Howrey has boosted its London IP group with two new partners, taking Marjan Noor from Taylor Wessing and Paul Inman from Simmons & Simmons. The hires continue Howrey's... more

• German Law Firms Gleiss Lutz and Hengeler Mueller Bag €1.7bn Property Sale

  Jan 08 2008 Domestic firms Gleiss Lutz and Hengeler Mueller have advised on the sale of a second German commercial real estate portfolio by Allianz Immonilien in a €1.7bn... more

• The American Lawyer chooses Litigation Department of the Year

  
  Jan 03 2008 The American Lawyer has chosen a Litigation Department of the Year for the fourth time. The Am Law 200 firms have been invited to compete for the overall title as well as... more
  
  

• Legal Expert Connections Projects Top 10 Law Firm Practice Areas of Media Interest in 2008

  Jan 02 2008 The top 10 law firm practice areas of interest to the media, based on current news events, are projected to be real estate, government, intellectual property,... more