News (Intellectual Property)

02-May-2008  |  China, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Technology, The Middle East

Comprehensive ranking of the world's IP jurisdictions

For a detailed breakdown of the IP Index including rankings, country analysis and commentary on the findings, rationale and ... more

10-Apr-2008  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing scoops MIP award for European Life Sciences IP Firm of the Year

Taylor Wessing was voted European Life Sciences IP Firm of the Year at the third annual Managing Intellectual Property Global ... more

02-Jan-2008  |  Corporate, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing advises Fovea Pharmaceuticals on its €30m second financing round

Fovea Pharmaceuticals SA, a biomedical and technological company specialising in the development of innovative drug therapy for ... more

18-Dec-2007  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Tax, Technology

Taylor Wessing advises in sale of mental images GmbH to NVIDIA Corporation

Taylor Wessing acted as lead counsel to the majority of shareholders of mental images GmbH, including founder and managing ... more

14-Dec-2007  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Multimap on sale to Microsoft Corporation

Taylor Wessing in London has acted for the shareholders of Multimap on the sale of the company to Microsoft Corporation for an ... more

25-Oct-2007  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Financial Services & Funds, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises iimia on £18.6m acquisition of MitonOptimal Group Limited

Taylor Wessing's Financial Institutions and Markets Group has acted for iimia Investment Group Plc on the acquisition of the ... more

11-Oct-2007  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing is the exclusive European legal sponsor of the 15th Annual BioPartnering Europe Conference

Taylor Wessing is the exclusive European legal sponsor of the 15th Annual BioPartnering Europe (BPE) Conference, on 7-9 October ... more

08-Aug-2007  |  Corporate, Finance, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing's Private Equity Group advises on £51.5m Rutland acquisition

Taylor Wessing's Private Equity Group has advised Rutland Partners LLP, the UK private equity partnership, on its acquisition of ... more

01-Jun-2007  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises shareholders of Zanox.de AG during sale to Axel Springer AG and Swiss Schweizer PubliGroupe AG

TAYLOR WESSING has acted as counsel to the shareholders of Zanox.de AG, including financial investor Amity Ltd. of London, in the ... more

25-May-2007  |  Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing offers 20% discount on events

If you would like to learn more, please click here.Taylor Wessing is a leading law firm providing legal support for commercial ... more

17-May-2007  |  Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Real Estate

Taylor Wessing UK promotes three to new role of Special Counsel

Taylor Wessing in London has promoted three senior associates to the newly introduced role of Special Counsel with effect from 1 ... more

16-May-2007  |  Competition, Regulation & Trade, Corporate, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises shareholders EganaGoldpfeil Europe (Holdings) GmbH and Strellson AG on restructuring the shareholdings and trademark portfolio of JOOP! GmbH

Taylor Wessing advised two shareholders of JOOP! GmbH, EganaGoldpfeil Europe (Holdings) GmbH and Strellson AG, in the ... more

27-Apr-2007  |  Construction & Engineering, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Reconstruction & Corporate Recovery, Tax

Taylor Wessing promotes 11 lawyers to partnership

Taylor Wessing is pleased to announce the promotion of four new partners in its London office and seven new partners to its ... more

12-Apr-2007  |  Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing voted joint first for Patent Litigation in MIP World IP Survey 2007

Taylor Wessing voted joint first for Patent Litigation in MIP World IP Survey 2007Taylor Wessing is pleased to announce that it ... more

30-Mar-2007  |  Corporate, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing advises Oxford BioMedica on global licensing agreement with Sanofi-aventis

Taylor Wessing advised Oxford BioMedica (LSE: OXB) and Sanofi-Aventis (EURONEXT: SAN; NYSE: SNY) on an exclusive global licensing ... more

15-Mar-2007  |  Corporate, Intellectual Property, Technology

Taylor Wessing scoops prestigious accolades in latest technology and IP industry awards

Taylor Wessing was voted Technology Law Firm of the Year at the UK Technology Innovation and Growth Awards.Judges commended ... more

28-Feb-2007  |  Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment

Taylor Wessing wins key victory for leading UK newspaper group, Associated Newspapers

Taylor Wessing has achieved a significant victory for long standing client, Associated Newspapers in obtaining the dismissal of a ... more

26-Jan-2007  |  Intellectual Property

Landmark judgement for the IT industry – German Appeal Court says no to copyright levies on printers

Printer manufacturers will not have to pay any copyright levies for their products. The Court of Appeal of Dusseldorf rejected a ... more

03-Jan-2007  |  Corporate, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises Plastic Logic Limited on its US $100 million fundraising

Taylor Wessing advisedPlastic Logic Limited on its US $100 million fundraising led by Oak Investment Partners and Tudor ... more

10-Oct-2006  |  Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing wins Linklaters' trade mark chief

Roland Mallinson, who heads Linklaters' trade mark portfolio practice in London, is moving to Taylor Wessing with a number of his ... more

06-Oct-2006  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Real Estate

Taylor Wessing represents the "Men in Scarlet" on Royal Hospital Chelsea's new Infirmary

Taylor Wessing advised the Royal Hospital Chelsea on the construction contract to rebuild its new infirmary; the first stage of a ... more

10-Aug-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises on $23m sale of Sibelius to Avid

Taylor Wessing has advised the shareholders of Sibelius Software Limited, the world market leader in software for writing, ... more

10-Aug-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises on $23m sale of Sibelius to Avid

Taylor Wessing has advised the shareholders of Sibelius Software Limited, the world market leader in software for writing, ... more

09-Aug-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises on management buy out of Gaucho Grill restaurants in £55m deal

Taylor Wessing has advised Barclays Private Equity and the executive management of the Gaucho Grill chain of Argentine steak ... more

09-Aug-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises on management buy out of Gaucho Grill restaurants in £55m deal

Taylor Wessing has advised Barclays Private Equity and the executive management of the Gaucho Grill chain of Argentine steak ... more

07-Aug-2006  |  Competition, Regulation & Trade, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Finance, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Avery Weigh-Tronix on €123m sale to European Capital

A team from Taylor Wessing's Inward Investment and Private Equity groups has advised Avery Weigh-Tronix Holdings Inc on the sale ... more

26-Jul-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises Aggregator Limited in a £9 million funding round for the launch of its new IPTV service

Taylor Wessing advised London-based digital TV operator Aggregator Limited in a £9 million Series A funding round for the ... more

21-Jul-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises Amadeus Capital Partners, lead investor in the $20 million funding of CacheLogic

Taylor Wessing advised Amadeus Capital Partners, lead investor in the $20 million Series C funding round of CacheLogic, the ... more

21-Jul-2006  |  Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment

Dr Gregor Schmid – new IP Partner at Taylor Wessing, Berlin

Taylor Wessing announces a further IP partner in Berlin. Dr Gregor Schmid (40) has moved to Taylor Wessing’s Media & ... more

11-May-2006  |  Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment

Third Edition of the Definitive Guide to Publishing Law co-written by Taylor Wessing solicitor, Christopher Benson, launched

The third edition of 'Publishing Law' co-authored by Christopher Benson, solicitor in Taylor Wessing's intellectual property ... more

24-Apr-2006  |  Corporate, Finance, Intellectual Property, Private Client

Six new partners at Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is pleased to announce the promotion of six new partners in the UK office with effect from 1 May 2006. This brings ... more

24-Apr-2006  |  Commercial, Competition, Regulation & Trade, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Finance, Intellectual Property, Real Estate

Taylor Wessing Germany promotes 17 partners from its own ranks at partners’ meeting in Nice

17 German lawyers were awarded partner status at this year’s international partners’ meeting of Taylor Wessing from 30 March to 1 ... more

10-Apr-2006  |  Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing advises Innate Pharma on major partnership with Novo Nordisk

Taylor Wessing advised Innate Pharma, the Marseille-based biotechnology company, on a major partnership with Novo Nordisk, the ... more

08-Mar-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing advises PanOpSys Limited on a $5.25 million Series A funding with Quester

The venture capital group at European law firm, Taylor Wessing, has advised PanOpSys Limited, a medical diagnostics company ... more

02-Mar-2006  |  Corporate, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises Perpetuum on Quester-led funding round

The venture capital group of European law firm, Taylor Wessing, has advised Perpetuum, a UK-based university spinout company, on ... more

29-Nov-2005  |  China, Corporate, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises Huawei Technologies on its Global Framework Agreement (GFA) for Network Infrastructure with Vodafone

Taylor Wessing has advised Huawei Technologies (UK) - a wholly owned subsidiary of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., one of the ... more

17-Nov-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Finance, Intellectual Property, Tax

Taylor Wessing Assists Principal’s Expansion

Principal Investment Holdings Limited, advised by European law firm Taylor Wessing, has completed the acquisition of Grant ... more

15-Sep-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Tax

RO Group become Leaders in the Residential and Management Agency Market

Taylor Wessing has advised the RO Group on its acquisition of Leaders Group Limited from its Management and 3i Group.The RO Group ... more

22-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises Rutland Partners on the £84m sale of the largest flooring manufacturer in Europe

Taylor Wessing advised Rutland Partners LLP, the UK private equity partnership, on the £84.1 million sale of Interfloor Group ... more

25-Jul-2005  |  Corporate, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Xention Discovery Ltd on its £11m venture capital funding

Taylor Wessing's Cambridge office has advised Xention Discovery Ltd, an emerging pharmaceutical company specialising in ion ... more

20-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, Finance, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises The Music Group on a European deal for the sale of the world's leading clarinet brand to the tune of EUR 37m

Taylor Wessing advised The Music Group Holdings Ltd (TMG) on the EUR 37m sale of its leading music industry brand, Buffet ... more

07-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Spain's largest cosmetic surgery group on Ultralase Limited acquisition

Taylor Wessing has acted for Corporación Dermoestética SA, the Spanish cosmetic surgery group, on its acquisition of all the ... more

11-May-2005  |  Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment, Technology

Media specialists, Reinhard Gaertner, Sybille Gierschmann and team join Taylor Wessing

Partners, Reinhard Gaertner and Sybille Gierschmann plus their team of two associates, Sabine Boksanyi and Katharina Mayerbacher ... more

25-Apr-2005  |  Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Leisure, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Real Estate

Five new partners at Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is pleased to announce the appointment of five new partners in the UK office with effect from 1 May 2005. This ... more

03-Mar-2005  |  Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing Partner Appointed Chairman of British Copyright Council

Taylor Wessing's head of copyright, Intellectual Property partner Paul Mitchell, has been appointed Chairman of the British ... more