MOVERS AND SHAKERS New partner at Allen & Overy
Allen & Overy LLP has appointed Paul Keller as a partner in the litigation department of its New York office.
Paul Keller
Prior to joining Allen & Overy, Keller was a partner in the New
York office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.
Keller focuses on patent litigation as well as intellectual property due diligence and transactional matters.
He has worked on a variety of patent matters covering a wide range of technologies such as financial data networks, financial accounting systems, supply chain management, encryption, medical devices and game controllers.
Keller said: “I am really looking forward to working with Allen & Overy to continue to expand its world-class IP practice to better serve clients in the US and around the globe.”
Ben Goodger
Edwards Angell nets IP partner
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has appointed Ben Goodger as an intellectual property partner in its London office.
Previously, Goodger was the
head of the global IP commercialisation group at Rouse Legal.
Goodger spent two years in Shanghai, where he managed Rouse Legal’s China business and Asia commercial IP groups.
He specialises in technology, and has represented clients in a number of industries, including food and drink, energy and university technology transfer.
Laurence Harris, managing partner of the firm’s London office, said: “Goodger adds a dynamic component to our intellectual property practice in London. Te rules of the IP game are constantly changing, and with him on board, we offer our clients an invaluable edge.”
Crowell & Moring establishes domain name practice
Alan Lewis
New president starts at LESI
Alan Lewis, a partner at South African law firm Adams and Adams, has become the new president of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI).
Lewis became president in October aſter being elected for the role. His term in office will last for at least one year.
LESI informs the public, international and governmental bodies and businesses about the economic significance of intellectual property. It encourages high professional standards in the transfer and licensing of technology and industrial or intellectual property rights.
“I am honoured to serve as president of an association that takes the commercialisation of intellectual property so seriously,” said Lewis.
Lewis specialises in patents, computer law, copyright, industrial designs and intellectual property commercialisation.
He was president of the association’s South African chapter and is a fellow of the South Africa Institute of Intellectual Property Law.
Greenberg Traurig attracts patent litigators
Partner joins Dewey & LeBoeuf Flip Petillion John Stewart, Jr. Bart Lieben
Crowell & Moring LLP has launched a top level domain (TLD) and domain name practice.
Te practice will be co-led by Brussels-based partner Flip Petillion and Washington, DC-based partner John Stewart, Jr.
It will counsel brand owners on the best strategy to protect and enhance their brands, and how to prevent online infringement.
Brussels-based counsel Bart Lieben has joined the firm to bolster the new practice. He was previously a partner at Laga, a Belgian law firm.
He has experience in intellectual property, telecommunications, media and technology law. Lieben advises clients in the organisation, implementation and launch of new TLDs.
Stewart said: “Te introduction of generic top level domains offers a wealth of opportunities, but it also presents great challenges, as companies and operators around the world seek to use the new regime to their advantage.”
Vernon Winters Nicholas Brown
Vernon Winters and Nicholas Brown have joined the San Francisco office of Greenberg Traurig LLP.
Joseph Lavelle
Winters and Brown, who are both joining the firm as shareholders, will be a part of the international patent practice, which Winters will lead.
Both were previously at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP.
Winters has a national practice focusing on patent litigation and patent licence litigation, in areas ranging from biopharma to computers and networks. Brown has patent litigation experience for a wide range of technology companies, as well as experience in general IP litigation and strategy.
Matthew Gorson, president of Greenberg Traurig, said: “We are delighted to have such an outstanding patent litigation team join the firm.”
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Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has added Joseph Lavelle to its intellectual property litigation group. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
Lavelle joins the firm as a partner from Howrey LLP,
where he worked in the intellectual property and antitrust practice groups.
He has handled Section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission, the US Court of Federal Claims and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Lavelle has also litigated patents in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Steven Davis, chairman of Dewey & LeBoeuf, said, “Lavelle’s addition is another step in our effort to expand aspects of our firm's technology capabilities and establish ourselves as a global leader in the representation of technology- oriented companies in all of their major transactions and disputes."
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