Interesting intellectual property stories in the final two weeks of 2016 included an important New York ruling on pre-1972 sound recordings, Qualcomm being fined in Korea and making patent licence deals in China, the USTR revealing its 2016 Notorious Markets List, and two lawyers being indicted for an “elaborate scheme to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in copyright lawsuit settlements”
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IP specialists Jonathan Moss and Jessie Bowhill, who worked on cases concerning bitcoin, Ed Sheeran, and the Getty v Stability AI dispute, received the KC nod
Nick Aries and Elizabeth Louca at Bird & Bird unpick the legal questions raised by a very public social media spat concerning the ‘Brooklyn Beckham’ trademark
Michael Conway, who joined Birketts after nearly two decades at an IP boutique, says he was intrigued by the challenge of joining a general practice firm
The private-equity-backed firm said hires from DLA Piper and Eversheds Sutherland will help it become the IP partner of choice for innovative businesses
News of Nokia signing a licensing deal with a Chinese automaker and Linklaters appointing a new head of tech and IP were also among the top talking points