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Simplifying Dose Regimens – New Clarity in Patenting Procedure2 September 2010Mark Chacksfield
8 New Square Shortlisted as Chambers of the Year23 August 20108 New Sqaure has been shortlisted as set of the year in Intellectual Property/ Information Technology by Chambers and Partners. The winners will be announced at the Chambers Bar Awards to be held at The London Hilton on Park Lane on Thursday, 30th September 2010.
EU-China IPR2 Project on Chinese intellectual property law20 August 2010In July 2010, Fiona Clark gave a seminar on trade mark law to legislators in China organised by the European Union as part of its EU-China IPR2 Project, in partnership with the Chinese Legislative Affairs Commission.  Daniel Alexander will be giving a seminar on procedure in intellectual property cases in Beijing with Professor Brinkhof (NL) […]
Anton van Dellen to commence pupillage in September20 August 2010We are delighted to announce that Mr Anton van Dellen will commence a 12 month pupillage at 8 New Square commencing in September 2010. Anton will sit with Charlotte May until December. Anton has a DPhil Physiology from Oxford University.
APAA seminar in Singapore20 August 2010Daniel Alexander has been invited by the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (“APAA) to give a seminar on current developments in EU and UK patent and trade mark law to its members in Singapore in November 2010. 
Judge Michael Fysh QC SC31 July 2010Our former Head of Chambers, Judge Michael Fysh QC SC retired from his full time position as Judge of the Patents County Court on 31st July 2010. Judge Fysh is expected to continue to sit at the Patents County Court as an additional Judge when required. Chambers congratulates Michael on an extremely successful tenure at […]
Specsavers v Asda [2010] EWHC 2035 (Ch)30 July 2010Claim for infringment of Specsavers marks used in Asda advertising. Adrian Speck  was instructed by Eversheds in the High Court with James Mellor QC leading in the forthcoming appeal.
Specsavers v Asda [2010] EWHC 2035 (Ch)30 July 2010Claim for infringment of Specsavers marks used in Asda advertising. Adrian Speck  was instructed by Eversheds in the High Court with James Mellor QC leading in the forthcoming appeal.
Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik Gmbh & Co. KG v Derek Scott (T/A Scotts Potato Machinery) [2011] F.S.R. 7)29 July 2010This was the appeal in a mechanical patent claim. Grimme, for whom Mark was the sole advocate in the Court of Appeal, was successful in appealing the first instance finding of partial invalidity, with the result the patent was held to be entirely valid and both directly and indirectly infringed. The appeal involved an detailed […]
Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik Gmbh & Co. KG v Derek Scott (T/A Scotts Potato Machinery) [2011] F.S.R. 7)29 July 2010This was the appeal in a mechanical patent claim. Grimme, for whom Mark was the sole advocate in the Court of Appeal, was successful in appealing the first instance finding of partial invalidity, with the result the patent was held to be entirely valid and both directly and indirectly infringed. The appeal involved an detailed […]