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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.

The shortlist for the fourth annual Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Women in Business Law Awards has been announced

Elžbieta Bienkowska, formerly deputy prime minister of Poland, is to be the new EU Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SME Commissioner. Her portfolio covers most of the work previously handled by the Enterprise and Industry and Internal Market and Services commissioners. Notably, she will take over most IP matters from former Commissioner Michel Barnier of France, including oversight of OHIM and responsibility for the proposed trade mark reforms and the work on the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court. However, copyright work will fall under Commissioner Günther Oettinger of Germany, who is in charge of Communications Networks, Content and Technology.

Data provided to Managing IP by IFI Claims Patent Services reveals the law firms used the most for US utility patents granted in 2014, with Oblon leading the pack

Morgan Lewis’s former deputy practice group leader for patent litigation, Brian Murphy, has joined Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge as an IP litigation partner.

Managing IP analyses the busiest companies and law firms at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board so far this year, using Docket Navigator. The first half was notable for petitions from automotive companies and the Coalition for Affordable Drugs, while an Acacia Research subsidiary was the most targeted entity

The shortlist for the fifth annual Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Women in Business Law Awards has been announced. For the 2016 nominees, please see below.