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Firm grows Northern Ireland presence to 60 staff | Emma Wightman and Megan Kerr enhance support for clients in technology, media, and manufacturing sectors. 14 February 2025
Unified Patent Court
Court of Appeal says in-house representatives can appear before the court | Patent attorneys with ‘administrative and financial powers’ or shares remain barred | Decision specific to Microsoft v Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing. 13 February 2025
Trademarks
The UK’s first-ever IP compulsory mediation order resolved the football club’s trademark dispute, increasing the value of ‘problem solving’ tactics over litigation, finds Muireann Bolger. 12 February 2025
Copyright
Media giant wins partial summary judgment in non-genAI dispute | ROSS Intelligence copied editorial content from Westlaw platform to train AI-driven search tool | Precedential decision reinforces prior Supreme Court decisions in Google and Warhol. 12 February 2025
Standard essential patents
Commission will ‘assess need for new approach’ to controversial plan | Original proposals attracted criticism from tech leaders who argued the regulation would adversely affect the industry | Status quo for SEP licensing and enforcement within the EU remains. 12 February 2025
Careers
Five partners from Knobbe Martens join the firm | New arrivals bolster Morgan Lewis’s capabilities in patent and trademark litigation. 12 February 2025
Trademarks
Sportswear company successfully opposed registration of mark intended for T-shirts and hats, with the board finding ‘Under Armour’ to be entitled to a broad scope of protection. 11 February 2025
Careers
The firm created a role for Naoise Gaffney, whose unusual background and high profile in Ireland brings a ‘different perspective’, finds Sarah Speight. 10 February 2025
Future of IP
The patent monetiser has high hopes for a 500-plus portfolio of hand tracking and haptics tech coveted by extended reality innovators, finds Tom Phillips. 7 February 2025
Trademarks
News from around the world that you may have missed, including China’s first anti-anti-suit injunctions’ impact on international disputes, OMG Girlz secures their $71.5M damages award, L'Oréal’s patent win over Schwarzkopf, and the EU’s AI Act’s provisions enforced. 7 February 2025
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