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The European Council’s April 15 adoption of the EU Copyright Directive sets a two-year implementation deadline, while some member states remain opposed to the update

The International Trade Commission will hold an oral hearing in Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel in April. This is only the second oral argument granted in nearly 10 years, following one in November last year

“There is no realistic way to say we are a generalist court at this point,” Judge Chen said at a conference, while noting that the Federal Circuit is “more and more of a patent validity court”

In a rare move yesterday, the Federal Circuit partially granted a writ of mandamus that could put an end to most false marking suits

Howrey has closed its IP practice in London with the departure of managing partner Mark Hodgson to Field Fisher Waterhouse. Howrey had gradually closed all its other European IP departments, the majority going to form a new firm, Hoyng Monegier. But London retained a practice until January. Three other Howrey partners had left the London office in the past year: Marjan Noor, Paul Inman and Richard Willoughby, to Simmons & Simmons, Wragge & Co and Rouse Legal respectively. Howrey's London office retains four partners, working on litigation and antitrust matters. Hodgson advises pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech companies on a mix of IP and regulatory work.

America''s leading female lawyers descended on New York''s Essex House last night to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group''s inaugural Americas Women in Business Law Awards.

Leading firms from the US and Canada were honoured at Managing IP's fifth annual awards ceremony this week

Katrina Burchell, the former head of Unilever's trade mark team has joined UK firm Irwin Mitchell. Burchell began her career in trade marks at Allied Lyons before moving to ICI and Wildbore & Gibbons. She joined Unilever in 1997 where she became head of the global trade mark team. She notably oversaw the outsourcing of the administration of Unilever's 160,000 trade marks – the world's largest trade mark portfolio – to Baker & McKenzie in 2007. In 2012 Burchell joined French luxury goods company PPR as group IP director, splitting her time between Paris and London and managing a portfolio that includes Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent.

Horacio Gutierrez has left his role as head of the innovation and intellectual property group at Microsoft, in order to lead the products and services group in the legal and corporate affairs department. Gutierrez, who was in his previous role for eight years, retains the titles of corporate vice-president and deputy general counsel.

Peter Cheung, the director of the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department (HKIPD), will retire in mid-May.Cheung has been at the helm of HKIPD since April 2011, where he was previously deputy director. Throughout his tenure, he has been actively pushing to develop Hong Kong as a centre for IP trading, arguing that the city's strong rule of law, proximity to China and well-developed financial services make it an ideal location for IP deal-making.