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HK, China, Japan and Korea IP filings surge past the West
| Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Increased investment in R&D across Asia has seen the number of patents and filings increase to pre-GFC levels; with filings from Hong Kong, China, Japan and Korea coming up tops – and trumping traditional heavyweight filer nations such as the US and Europe.
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Ambushed: Lessons from WC2010
| Thursday, 12 August 2010
FIFA may have defeated Bavaria’s ‘guerilla marketing’ attempts at the recent World Cup, but organisers of events such as the Olympics may have to do more than simply rely on legislation to ensure their events aren’t similarly ambushed, writes Sheena Jacob, partner and head of IP at ATMD Bird & Bird.
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Leading IP firms in Greater China
| Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Over 8,000 IP lawyers from all over the world attended the132nd annual conference hosted by the International Trademark Association (INTA) in Boston recently. For a regular attendee like King & Wood patent partner Shi Yusheng, what becomes immediately noticeable is the growing number of legal representatives from Chinese firms.
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ANALYSIS: Globalising IP strategy on top of the agenda
| Monday, 21 June 2010
As the globalisation of domestic companies picks up pace, IP practitioners around the world have been kept busy. Local firms also are gearing up to increase their competence in international IP matters.
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Salans Hong Kong gains Bird’s disputes head
| Thursday, 17 June 2010
Salans has appointed the former head of Bird & Bird’s Asia dispute resolution and China employment practices as a partner in its Hong Kong office.
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CEPA: a gate in the Great Wall yet to open
| Friday, 19 March 2010
CEPA shows that the government is serious about opening its legal market to Hong Kong firms, but the liberalisation progress has been regarded as 'too slow and too little' by many. ALB China investigates whether better alternatives exist and if the CEPA framework for the legal sector is now redundant
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Bird & Bird takes the plunge under CEPA
| Monday, 15 March 2010
Bird & Bird Hong Kong's association with Beijing IP boutique firm Xiang Kun under CEPA is an innovative way for firms of its kind to expand PRC capabilities and market access.
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香港鸿鹄与北京翔鲲联营
| Monday, 15 March 2010
经北京市司法局批准，香港鸿鹄律师事务所与翔鲲律师事务所正式联营。该联营为CEPA实施后的六年中，内地与香港律师事务所已建立的为数不多的几家联营家。
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IP : ATMD Bird & Bird
| Monday, 18 January 2010
On 16 September 2009, the Singapore High Court granted judgment in favour of Aurigin Technology Pte Ltd (“Aurigin”) against ASM Assembly Automation Ltd (“ASM”), dismissing ASM’s claim that Aurigin had infringed ASM’s patent.
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