PATENTS
Annual US patent grants at all-time high
Samsung tops the IFI's global ranking with most patents currently held, while IBM leads again with most US patent grants in 2019
Intellectual property/trademark
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Patented in Seattle
Polsinelli continues its nationwide US intellectual property growth with four new attorneys in Seattle.
DISRUPTION
Literally Amazonification of the legal market
Amazon takes to the US legal market with an new IP offering on the back of law firm network.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Global IP industry on the eve of a 'digital revolution'
'New IP' initiative launched by CPA Global urges innovators and lawyers in the Intellectual Property industry to make 2020s the decade of digital transformation.
EXPANSION
Mayer Brown sets its controls for growth
Firm expands IP & TMT practice in Asia with a raft of new lawyers.
IP LITIGATION
Globalised IP litigation “skyrockets”
MoFo Study finds IP litigation increases in complexity, riskiness and international scope as spend skyrockets, nearly doubling in 15 years.
COUNTERFEITING
Baker McKenzie battles counterfeiting
Firm jumps ahead of blockchain deployment with iTRACE partnership to deliver enhanced brand enforcement and secure supply chains.
EXPANSION
Mathys & Squire snaps up Munich IP team
Firm continues its European expansion with strategic addition of top Munich IP team and readies for Brexit.
TRADEMARKS
Patently Fuct
US Supreme Court strikes down ban on 'immoral' or 'scandalous' trademarks, ruling against US patent office attempt to block profane-sounding Fuct brand.
LITIGATION
Academia's 'fake gowns' row going south?
All lawyers have one thing in common - wearing academic gowns - but passing off controversy is being whipped-up like gowns in a Scottish wind as firm seeks to move case to English court.