• AUSTRALIA: Griffith Hack hires mining specialist Former Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick partner Michelle Hedges has moved to the Melbourne office of Griffith Hack.
• HONG KONG: Marks & Clerk Solicitors expands to Asia Marks & Clerk Solicitors, the associated law firm of Marks & Clerk patent and trade mark attorneys, has set up an associated Hong Kong law firm. The firm will be headed by Anthony Evans, a former partner of Hong Kong solicitors Robin Bridge & John Liu, and will trade as Anthony Evans & Co.
• UK: New IP minister named. David Lammy has been appointed higher education and IP minister in the UK, after a government reshuffle. He is the third IP minister...