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Litigation
Yuanhe, Twelve Tables merge to create formidable IP firm
19 May 2022Yuanhe, Twelve Tables merge to create formidable IP firm Kirk Xing, Hairuo Zhang to lead the merged firm.
Macau IP Experts 2022
31 March 2022Macau will play an important role in the forthcoming Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. “Macau [will become] a hub for commerce and trade that can facilitate relations between China and Portuguese speaking countries,” Jiang Yi Sheng, chairma...
Yuanyuan Jia joins Haiwen & Partners in Beijing
10 May 2022IP partner worked on China’s first standard essential patent case.
Ting Xiao named partner at DLA Piper in Shanghai
10 May 2022Xiao leads the firm’s life sciences practice in China.
Lisa Egan joins Mills Oakley as IP partner
10 May 2022Former K&L Gates partner, boutique firm owner joins firm in Melbourne.
Jessie Buchan named partner at DLA Piper in Sydney
10 May 2022Buchan is one of 74 lawyers – and one of three in Australia – in firm’s 2022 promotion round.
Arsen Kourinian joins Mayer Brown in Los Angeles
10 May 2022Kourinian advises global clientele of MNCs on data privacy laws in U.S., Asia, elsewhere.
McDonald's Peppa Pig caught in Russia-Ukraine conflict
28 April 2022Entertainment One UK, the proprietor of British cartoon favorite Peppa Pig Ltd, brought trademark infringement against Ivan Kozhevnikov for this character. The suit, filed at the lowest level court for civil disputes, accused Kozhevnikov of infringin...
IPOS announces changes to board
26 April 2022Lawyers from Bird & Bird, Amica join board.
Yee-Swan Boo joins Amica Law as director
26 April 2022Singapore IP lawyer joins firm from Lee & Lee, where she was a partner.
Academicians in India lobbying for amendments to Copyright Act, inclusive digital education
25 April 2022Academicians from the city of Pune in India are lobbying for an inclusive digital education and amendments to the country’s Copyright Act, 1957 aligned with Digital India and the New Education Policy 2020.
Various IPR Amendments on Korean Acts Effective April 20
11 April 2022Various amendments to the Korean Patent Act, Trademark Act, and Design Protection Act will take effect this April 20,2022. This is to improve the IPR laws to be more friendly to the applicant and to remedy the mistakes actively of applicants and to m...
Kate Hay joins KWM partnership in Melbourne
08 April 2022Hay brings more than 20 years of multi-jurisdictional IP litigation to the firm.
Graham Lovett joins Akin Gump in Dubai
08 April 2022Disputes partner regularly appears before DIFC Courts.
Singaporean tech startup tries to register bird logo, loses trademark battle against Twitter
08 April 2022Singaporean technology startup VV Technology lost its trademark battle against Twitter after principal assistant registrar of Trade Marks Mark Lim ruled on March 11, 2022 that the mark it was trying to register is visually similar to that of the glob...