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Patents

AI is an upstart teen: Meta, Adobe counsel on where the tech is at

Lawyers from Meta, Adobe and Recursion Pharmaceuticals offer advice for external counsel on working with their in-house partners to maximise the benefits of AI. Sarah Speight reports.   5 November 2025

Trademarks

Thyssenkrupp counsel: ‘Ten-page opinions? I can’t use them’

Marques chair and head of the trademark team at the German engineering giant, explores the realities of in-house work, nurturing future talent, and her expectations of external counsel.   5 November 2025

Patents

‘Doing more with less’: In-house counsel on budgets and strategy

Chuck Scholtz, head of IP at Verdiva Bio, shares the pressures of global filing strategies on tight budgets, why there’s no ‘right way’ to manage IP, and how to get the best results from external counsel relationships.   23 October 2025

Trademarks

Puma general counsel: ‘My role is to protect the holy grail’

Puma’s Neil Narriman reveals the emotional highs, strategic wins, and hard truths behind mediation in brand battles, reports Muireann Bolger.   17 October 2025

Future of IP

Patent pollution: Emissions charter aims to clean up IP

A new charter aims to help decarbonise IP operations and contribute to the energy transition. Its founders—Fabrice Mattei of Rouse, and Simone Frattasi of Maersk—tell Sarah Speight how.   8 August 2025

In-House

In-house with Bayer: ‘Focus on quality early and stay close to inventors’

After almost 30 years as head of IP at Bayer, Jörg Thomaier is to retire and is handing the baton to Dorian Immler. Speaking to Sarah Speight, the pair explain what makes a good IP strategy, why the UPC is largely “useless” without SPCs, and more.   16 July 2025

Patents

Defending the realm: How a key MoD supplier crafts its IP strategy

With recent uplifts in funding for defence in the UK and Europe, Sarah Speight sits down with Gordon Douglas of Leonardo UK to hear what that means for IP at the multinational aerospace, defence and security company.   25 June 2025

In-House

Lenovo’s legal leader: We should be ‘enablers, not blockers’

Zhaoying (Dorothy) Du, legal leader of Lenovo’s Global Supply Chain team, talks to Sarah Speight about why in-house counsel should be a bridge between legal and business teams.   23 April 2025

Patents

UPC blocks in-house counsel rep citing lack of independence

Court of First Instance says Suinno’s representative cannot appear before court due to his involvement in the company | Judges cite lack of evidence of independence | Earlier Court of Appeal decision had not ruled out in-house counsel at the UPC in principle.   7 March 2025

In-House

Getting creative with Canva’s IP lawyer: ‘It’s important to find your own voice’

Relationships and “baking in” IP across departments at the right time are crucial for the $40 billion company’s in-house team, Patrick Lo tells Sarah Speight.   19 February 2025

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