Jersey Boys, GSK, Teva, Gene Simmons, Imagine, top universities for patents, Texas trade secrets – the week in IP

June 22 2017

A ruling in the Jersey Boys copyright dispute, a $235m award to GlaxoSmithKline, the end of Gene Simmons’ efforts to register a hand gesture as a trade mark, a process to add Yoko Ono to Imagine’s songwriting credits, the top 100 universities granted patents and amendments to Texas trade secrets law were in the intellectual property news in the past week

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Beyond the headlines: Five things we learned in Paris

On a recent trip to the French capital, we learned that the UPC is squeezing domestic litigation while firms are chasing senior talent, experimenting with AI and considering new ways of organising their practices

Max Walters, October 26 2026

Patents

‘Shocking the market’: Daniel Law enters a new chapter

Daniel Law says a string of lateral hires and broader expansion plans will strengthen its position to capitalise on Brazil’s burgeoning IP and patent litigation market

Sanjana Mishra, October 26 2026

Patents

Paul Hastings IP litigation partner jumps to Latham & Watkins

Jason Raeburn’s arrival will expand the firm’s London footprint in AI, copyright and tech disputes

Max Walters, October 26 2026

Patents

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader adopts a hybrid AI strategy

The firm is shaping its AI strategy around partnerships with Harvey and Legora alongside internally developed tools from its legal technology company, Eltemate

Sanjana Mishra, October 23 2026

Trademarks

Weekly take: Rugby trademark clash offers lesson in lawsuit timing

A dispute Down Under shows why trademark lawyers cannot afford to wait on the sidelines when a rival brand gathers momentum

Ed Conlon, October 23 2026

Why counsel see a new opening for copyright owners in AI battles

The Third Circuit’s decision in Thomson Reuters v ROSS marks the first appellate-level decision addressing AI and fair use, prompting copyright counsel to consider arguments around potential licensing markets

Sanjana Mishra, October 22 2026

Patents

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UPC update: Skechers slips up | Court puts firms on notice

Injunctions for HandsFree Labs and Align Technology come as the Court of Appeal warns that busy teams must have the staffing and resources to meet UPC deadlines

October 22 2026

Patents

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Mewburn Ellis creates CTO role amid AI drive

The chief technology officer remit, which has been created as the firm is building its litigation team, will include expanding the use of AI in patent and legal work and automating manual processes

Max Walters, October 21 2026

Trademarks

Six months in: new ECIJA partner plots IP team growth

Former Hoyng Rokh Moneiger partner Laura Alonso, who brought her team to ECIJA in March, discusses plans to expand further and why ECIJA’s ‘IP DNA’ is helping broaden her work

James Nurton, October 21 2026

Trademarks

‘IP and tech no longer separate problems’: Stephenson Harwood IP head

Amita Haylock discusses building an integrated Asia practice as clients increasingly demand that firms combine IP, technology and data expertise

Sukanya Sarkar, October 20 2026