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Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn has grown its IP litigation group with three new partners. Jamal Edwards joins the firm's Detroit office. He is a former partner of Kirkland & Ellis, a former regional counsel for the IBM Corporation in Chicago and a former executive with Equifax.

Long-time supervisory patent examiner Robin Evans will manage the USPTO's first satellite patent office: the Elijah J McCoy office in Detroit, Michigan, which opened on July 13. The 25 examiners and 11 administrative law judges who started July 16, however, will be trained remotely by supervisors in Alexandria and will report to commissioner for patents Peggy Focarino and director David Kappos. The office is expected to spur local job growth and is the first step in a larger expansion of the Office. Managing IP's September issue will report from the new Detroit office.

Ultramercial’s request for a Federal Circuit review, the Seattle Seahawks’ aggressive IP strategy, a Beastie Boys motion for fees in a copyright case, the most sarcastic SCOTUS Justice, Copyright Week, and Michelle Lee’s Senate hearing were in the IP headlines this week

The UK government will propose legislation to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes within the next two months, meaning it would come into force next year

Nick Saros has joined Jenner & Block from Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

The firms of the year and cases of the year in the US and Canada, as awarded at the North America Awards in Washington, DC last month. Plus in-house and individual achievement awards

An analysis of Docket Navigator data since the Alice decision reveals that – following a busy December – 40 cases have now included a motion for judgment as matter of law, a motion for summary judgment, a motion to dismiss, or a motion for judgment on the pleadings because of claimed unpatentable subject matter. The Federal Circuit has also applied Alice in five cases

The world's leading copyright firms, ranked across 21 jurisdictions

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