This week on MIP: Law firm hiring sprees | UKIPO’s new era

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This week on MIP: Law firm hiring sprees | UKIPO’s new era

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We provide a rundown of Managing IP’s news and analysis from the week, and review what’s been happening elsewhere in IP

Exclusive: IPH appoints new executive to lead transformation efforts

Australia-based listed company IPH, which owns several intellectual property businesses across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Canada, has made a new addition to its leadership team.

Michelle Lue-Reid joined the group as its chief transformation officer, Managing IP revealed on Monday, July 15.

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InterDigital awarded extra $40m against Lenovo by Court of Appeal

The England and Wales Court of Appeal ruled on Friday, July 12, that Lenovo must pay $178.3 million to InterDigital in a long-running standard-essential patent battle between the companies. The court also directed Lenovo to pay interest of 4%, compounded quarterly, on that sum.

The rate is only 5 cents higher than the $0.175 per device determined by the first-instance forum, the England and Wales High Court, in its March 2023 ruling and is considerably lower than the $0.49 rate sought by InterDigital on appeal.

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Hatch-Waxman experience helps Polsinelli snag new practice chair

A US firm snagged a new chair of its Hatch-Waxman and biologics practice thanks to its experience in the pharmaceutical industry, the new recruit told Managing IP.

Polsinelli has added shareholders Chad Landmon and Tim Schaum to its patent litigation group. Landmon moved over from Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider and Schaum joined from Daspin & Aument.

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Other articles published on Managing IP this week include:

Talent tracker quarterly report: Mintz Levin and CAM among big hitters

Behind the case: How Carpmaels broke new ground at the UPC

Five minutes with…James Tumbridge, Keystone Law

Weekly take: Why the EU must press ahead with unitary SPCs

Legal Benchmarking Group's Social Impact EMEA Awards 2024: shortlist revealed

100 days in: from ‘big law’ to IP specialist firm

‘Fountain of uncertainty’: In-house share AI and unitary patent concerns

ArentFox Schiff fashion focus lures IP litigator

Elsewhere in IP

UPC first

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) revoked a patent owned by Amgen related to the cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha. The ruling, handed down on Tuesday, July 16, by the Munich central division, marks the UPC’s first revocation judgment. Carpmaels & Ransford represented Sanofi and Regeneron, which challenged the patent.

New era

The UKIPO announced on Tuesday, July 16, that the first patent application had been filed using the office’s fully digital ‘One IPO’ patents service. The application, filed by law firm Murgitroyd, relates to an aerodynamic device for commercial vehicles. The news comes as the IPO ramps up the pilot scheme for its new service.

The office has also debuted its new artificial intelligence-powered patent allocation tool, which slashes the time taken to get the patent application to the right team from 14 days to a matter of seconds, enabling a more streamlined and efficient service.

Cross licence

Ericsson and Oppo have signed a multi-year global patent cross-license agreement, it was announced on Monday, July 15. The agreement includes patents essential to standards for cellular technologies, including 5G.

Dentons AI

Dentons announced on Tuesday, July 16, that it had agreed a new partnership with Intanify, an AI fintech startup.

Intanify has developed 'knowledge graphs' covering IP due diligence and risk. The graphs, piloted by Dentons, allow companies to spot risks before they materialise, or are identified by another party, acquirer, or investor.

Dentons will refer clients who could benefit from Intanify . In turn, Intanify will leverage its understanding of client context to recommend when advice from a lawyer should be a priority.

Kirkland hire

Kirkland & Ellis announced on Tuesday, July 16, that André Duminy joined the firm as a partner in the technology & IP transactions practice in London. He was previously a partner at Clifford Chance.

Duminy focuses on technology and business separation matters and has experience across sectors including financial services, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, technology, oil and gas, manufacturing, and consumer goods and retail.

Changing guard

Adrian Howes has been elected as president of the IP Federation, effective July 12 2024, the UK-based organisation announced on Monday, July 15. Howes, head of IP and standards in IP at Nokia, will serve a one-year term. Sarah Vaughan, a patent attorney at Rolls Royce, has been elected as vice-president.

That's it for today, see you again next week.

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