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Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC represents Lucozade Ribena Suntory Ltd in first ever Community Plant Variety Office application8 February 2018In January 2018, Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC acted for the respondent in the first compulsory license application to be heard by the Community Plant Variety Office. The application made by Pixley Berries (Juice) Limited related to the CPVR for the blackcurrant variety “Ben Starav” of the species Ribes nigrum L. In accordance with Article 38(1) of […]
Quentin Cregan speaks at the Licensing Executives Society (LES) in Munich10 November 2017Quentin Cregan was an invited speaker at the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Germany conference on “Industie 4.0 und IP mit Exkurs zum BREXIT” hosted at the IBM Watson IoT Munich Center on 10 November 2017. The other speakers included Ken-ichi Nagasawa, Head of IP for Canon Inc; Beat Weibel, Head of IP for Siemens AG; Dr. […]
8 New Square Wins IP Set Of The Year30 October 20178 New Square won the IP Set Of The Year at the 2017 Chambers & Partners Bar Awards on the 26th October. The award was accepted by Mark Platts-Mills QC and Paul Worrall.
Ghanaian Maritime Boundary Dispute – PI law and a little IP23 September 2017Ghana v. Cote d’ Ivoire Members of 8 New Square have a tradition of practising in areas outside IP. In one notable example, our former head of chambers Michael Fysh QC, a leading expert on rights to foreshore, acted in one of the longest and most important cases on fishing licences. That tradition has been […]
Michael Conway accepts tenancy at 8 New Square27 June 2017Chambers is delighted to announce that Michael Conway has accepted an offer of tenancy which he will take up on the completion of pupillage at the end of September. Michael holds a DPhil from Wolfson College, Oxford and a First Class degree in Biochemistry from Trinity College, Oxford. During pupillage Michael has been involved in […]