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HGF’s new ownership model frees it from the hiring constraints of traditional partnerships, its CEO told Managing IP
Nokia, represented by a team from Bird & Bird, adjudged to have made fair offer to Asus and Acer in UK SEP dispute
Azhar Sadique and Kane Ridley, who founded the London office in 2023, are now both working in legal tech and AI-related roles, while another UK-based lawyer has also left
Partner Pierre Pérot rejoins the firm he left in 2022 alongside another returning lawyer, associate Camille Abba
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Sponsored by Bird & BirdAnnika Lückemann and Jan van Dieck of Bird & Bird analyse the Unified Patent Court’s opening ruling concerning a supplementary protection certificate, highlighting procedural peculiarities, urgency considerations, and possible implications for pharmaceutical originator-generic disputes -
Sponsored by Gün + PartnersMutlu Yıldırım Köse and İrem Girenes Yücesoy of Gün + Partners analyse the different approaches to similarity assessments conducted by the court of first instance in the proceedings and the appeal
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Sponsored by INLEXIgor Charles of INLEX analyses how the Paris Judicial Court’s ruling illustrates the limits of copyright, trademark, and unfair competition protection in advertising
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Sponsored by MaiwaldThe EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal has confirmed that interveners in European Patent Convention appeal proceedings remain dependent parties and cannot continue proceedings after the withdrawal of all appeals, reports Johannes Scholz of Maiwald
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Sponsored by MaiwaldKerstin Wolff of Maiwald explains how the EU’s provisional agreement on plants generated by new genomic techniques divides them into two categories, opening the market while preserving patent and regulatory oversight
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Sponsored by MaiwaldSenior intellectual property practitioners from Maiwald discuss how innovators can secure robust patent protection for AI inventions amid evolving EPO practice and accelerating technological change
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