04 February 2020
Copyright Directive
www.twobirds.com/en/in-focus/copyright-directive

Our DSM Copyright Directive Tracker contains information about the approach to implementation taken in the Member States where we have offices, including noteworthy implications of the legislative changes in particular ...

07 March 2019
Bird & Bird IP team is named 'European Copyright Firm of the Year' at the 14th Annual Managing IP (MIP) Awards
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2019/global/ip-team-is-named-european-copyright-firm-of-the-year-at-the-14th-annual-managing-ip-mip-awards

Congratulations were in order for Bird & Bird's international IP team last night at the European MIP Awards ceremony in London. The team was nominated for 25 categories across our European offices and took home:

20 October 2020
MIP recognises the best 'up-and-coming IP practitioners'
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/global/mip-recognises-the-best-up-and-coming-ip-practitioners

Bird & Bird's international IP team are delighted to announce that 24 of our lawyers across our network have been recognised as a ‘Rising Star for IP’ in the 2020/21 edition of a special publication, which is produced ...

06 February 2020
Bird & Bird 'Most nominated Firm' for Managing IP EMEA Awards
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/global/bird-and-bird-most-nominated-firm-for-managing-ip-emea-awards

Managing IP announced their shortlist today for their annual EMEA IP Awards. Bird & Bird leads the pack with 21 nominations across the region, more than any other firm nominated. These nominations alone demonstrate our ...

06 March 2020
Four major wins for our Bird & Bird IP Team at the Annual Managing IP EMEA Awards
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/global/four-major-wins-for-our-bird-and-bird-ip-team-at-the-annual-managing-ip-emea-awards

Congratulations were in order for Bird & Bird's international IP team last night at the European MIP Award ceremony in London. The team was nominated for 21 categories across our European offices, more than any other ...

04 June 2020
IP team recognised by popular US publication as 'Intellectual Property Firm of the Year' for Europe
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/global/ip-team-recognised-by-popular-us-publication-as-intellectual-property-firm-of-the-year-for-europe

Our European-wide IP team is delighted to be recognised as 'IP Firm of the Year' for the Benchmark Litigation Awards that were scheduled to take place in London in June. The team beat ten other firms for the title.

17 January 2019
Dissecting TCL v Ericsson – what went wrong?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/dissecting-tcl-v-ericsson-what-went-wrong

Ericsson has a world-class portfolio of cellular SEPs which it is keen to license on FRAND terms, but the long-awaited decision of a California court in a case involving the Swedish company and TCL may not have ...

24 May 2019
Can CRISPR save the Cavendish?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/can-crispr-save-the-cavendish

The world's most popular banana is dying. Scientists are using the gene-editing mechanism CRISPR to try and save it from extinction.

04 July 2018
Conference message optimistic about UPC/UP system's future
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/uk/conference-message-optimistic-about-upc-up-systems-future

At the annual Premier Cercle conference on the UPC and UP in Munich yesterday Bird & Bird lawyers from the UK and Germany joined delegates including private practice and in-house lawyers and patent attorneys, EPO ...

14 July 2020
Finding the Plot for Database Rights: Ordnance Survey v 77m: Database rights in and infringement of a geospatial address dataset
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/finding-the-plot-for-database-rights

In 77m Ltd v Ordnance Survey Ltd the English High Court held that a geospatial address dataset creator was liable for infringement of database rights.