Bird & Bird law firm news

CMS has promoted Shanghai-based lawyer Nicolas Zhu to partner and head of its China life sciences group.

CMS近日提升Nicolas Zhu为合伙人，并领导其上海的生命科学部门。

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.

After spending nine months at Hogan Lovells' Beijing office as of counsel, IP law veteran Clifford Borg-Marks has joined Bird & Bird as special counsel.

知识产权领域资深律师Clifford Borg-Marks，近日与两位律师一起离开霍金路伟转投鸿鹄律师事务所。

Former O’Melveny & Myers Shanghai counsel Li Weishi has recently joined Bird & Bird’s Shanghai office as partner.

曾任美国美迈斯的生命科学法律顾问李唯实近日加盟了鸿鹄律师事务所上海代表处担任合伙人。

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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。

The managing partner of Singapore firm Rajah & Tann will leave the post after only a year to become the city-state’s new Attorney-General.

Law firms are developing climate change expertise to stay ahead of the curve

ATMD Bird & Bird and VILAF have helped low-cost carrier AirAsia establish a JV with Vietnam’s Vietjet Aviation

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.

Jurisdiction of Copyright Tribunal extended

Proposed Changes to the Singapore Patent System