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Firm News 66 results

Firm News | 3 min read | 04.01.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Brussels and Doha – April 1, 2024: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2024 edition has recognized 16 practice areas and 11 lawyers in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels and Doha offices. The 11 individual lawyers received 18 total rankings across the 16 different practice areas.
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Firm News | 2 min read | 03.14.24

Chambers Ranks Crowell Lawyers and Practices in 2024 Europe Guide

Chambers and Partners has ranked five Crowell & Moring practice groups and seven individual lawyers in the Chambers Europe 2024 guide.

Firm News | 2 min read | 02.09.24

World Trademark Review Ranks Crowell & Moring in WTR 1000 2024 Guide

World Trademark Review recognized Crowell & Moring as a top trademark firm, ranking the firm in both the U.S. national rankings and Belgium national rankings in its 2024 guide. In addition to its U.S. national rankings, Crowell received the highest ranking—gold—in Illinois, and also earned regional recognition in California.

Client Alerts 16 results

Client Alert | 19 min read | 01.31.24

2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations

A number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024. On the one hand, there are new laws that have been adopted and will start to bite, and, on the other, there are proposals that are expected to firm up into law.
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Client Alert | 7 min read | 06.22.23

A New Patent System is Born in Europe

Unitary Patents are being granted and the Unified Patent Court is up and running as of June 1, 2023.  Since the 1970’s, there have been attempts at establishing a unitary European patent that would cover multiple European countries and would be enforced by a single court system.  This type of system is in contrast to the system known since 1973 of granting European Patents by the European Patent Office (EPO) and validating the European Patent in designated European countries, wherein each validated patent is enforced in the national court associated with the validated patent.
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Client Alert | 7 min read | 05.16.23

If Louis Vuitton Cannot Prove Acquired Distinctiveness, Can You? Checking In After the Louis Vuitton ‘Damier Azur’ Case

While fashion lovers throughout the European Union will surely be familiar with the pattern, the General Court held that luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton failed to demonstrate that its trademark checkerboard ‘Damier Azur’ pattern, had acquired distinctiveness through use throughout the European Union.
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Press Coverage 16 results

Press Coverage | 03.20.24

Crowell & Moring Expands Europe IP Offering

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Press Coverage | 11.03.22

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Publications 40 results

Publication | 01.10.24

International Litigation: Litigating Patents in Europe: A Whole New Ball Game

Litigation Forecast 2024
It’s a whole new ball game for European patent ligation: The Unified Patent Court opened for business on June 1, 2023.
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Events 26 results

Event | 03.27.24, 9:00 AM CET - 1:30 PM CET

Hallucinating Deepfakes and Their Human Friends: Life, Love and Law in times of Generative AI

This is an invite-only client event.

Would you replace a human news anchor by synthetic animation? Would you use AI-generated music for a commercial, for a documentary or for a feature film? Would you have an AI tool write a first draft of an article or, inversely, edit and correct human copy? Would you have an AI make the first selection of among hundreds of scenarios? Or would you trust it to pick the ingredients for a hit series? Would you let an AI make trailers and thumbnails of a new series for the socials? Would you have your subscribers chat to an AI to process their complaints?

Event | 05.07.15 - 05.08.15, 12:00 AM UTC - 12:00 AM UTC

ERA - Litigation and Settlements in Patent Disputes

The aim of this seminar is to provide patent litigators and attorneys with practical guidance on how to make the best use of EU and international legal instruments in litigation and mediation/arbitration proceedings.
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Event | 03.26.15 - 03.27.15, 12:00 AM UTC - 12:00 AM UTC

11th EGA Legal Affairs Forum

The Forum will focus particularly on:
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Webinars 3 results

Webinar | 02.24.22, 6:00 AM CST - 8:00 AM CST

Selected IP/IT Topics in a Digital Environment

In Collaboration with the IBJ/IJE Intellectual property and information technology law has a broad scope and raises numerous concerns for company lawyers. Furthermore, the question often arises whether traditional concepts can still be applied in a digital environment. Our Technology & IP team will address some of the questions raised in the day-to-day practice, such as:
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Webinar | 07.30.20, 10:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Global COVID-19 and Sports: Threats and Responses

The International Law Institute is hosting an Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies (ICTS) Ambassadors' Forum titled, "Global COVID-19 and Sports: Threats and Responses." Crowell & Moring attorneys Chalana Damron, Tom Gies, and Kristof Roox will be presenting, along with several distinguished panelists. Together, they will explore the lessons learned and best strategies to counter current and future challenges to sports as a result of COVID-19.
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Webinar | 07.03.20, 2:30 PM CEST - 4:00 PM CEST

IBJ/IJE Webinar - Practice Group Effective Dispute Resolution: Resolving disputes caused by the COVID-19 crisis – what options does the in-house lawyer have in the short and longer term?

As companies enter the post-COVID era, certain disagreements created by the crisis have not yet been resolved and new disputes linked to this unprecedented period are seeing the light of day. 
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Speaking Engagements 47 results