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The shortlists for this year’s Managing IP North America Awards have been announced. The outstanding intellectual property firms and individuals in the US and Canada will be chosen from these, and revealed at a dinner in Washington DC on March 23

Lawyers have welcomed the elevation of judges Lewison and Kitchin to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Sir Kim Lewison and Sir David Kitchin will move from the High Court, Chancery Division, in part to replace the gap left by Sir Robin Jacob, who is now a professor at University College London. Both have heard a large number of IP cases at the High Court.

Kathleen E McCarthy, Morgan & Finnegan, LLP

The news of Kenyon & Kenyon’s closure came the same week that Managing IP published a look back at the IP boutiques set up in the 1960s, some of whom continue to thrive today

Celebrating outstanding work in IP in the United States and Canada at our annual dinner in Washington DC

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Managing IP’s regular review of the latest moves and appointments in the Americas, including the appointment of a new PTAB chief judge and hires at Cozen O’Connor, Robins Kaplan, Sheppard Mullin, Perkins Coie, Honigman, DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells, Calderon & De La Sierra, and Latham & Watkins

Media and telecoms specialist Olswang has added four lawyers from Winston & Strawn’s London office

The High Court in London has ruled that businessman David Mason owns the trade mark of 1960s Savile Row tailor Tommy Nutter

Reed Smith has added two partners and a counsel to its IP practice in Chicago. Robert Browne, John Cullis and Lawrence James were formerly partners at Neal Gerber & Eisenberg in Chicago. Browne and Cullis will be partners at Reed Smith. James will be of counsel. Browne represents clients in all aspects of patent, trade mark, copyright and unfair competition law and related litigation in federal district and appellate courts and before the International Trade Commission. Cullis focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, counseling and procurement. Joshua Pond has joined the Washington, DC, office of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, where he is be a member of the patent litigation team. He was previously a principal at Fish & Richardson for 11 years. Ann Schofield Baker has joined Perkins Coie's New York office as a partner in the commercial litigation practice focusing on intellectual property and other complex commercial matters. Baker was most recently head of McKool Smith's national trade mark and copyright litigation practice.