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Gray's Inn Square Author Chensiyuan   Licence CC BY-SA 3.0   Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert On 18 Sept 2023, I shall be one of the speakers at IP Update, a seminar on some of the latest developments in intellectual property law which will take place between 14:00 and 17:00 in my chambers at 4-5 Gray's Inn  Square . The other speakers will be James Bridgeman SC , who will also chair the seminar, Mark Engelman , Christian Panayi  and Elizabeth Nicholls .  For intellectual property specialists in the Midlands, we shall repeat the seminar on 25 Sept between 14:00 and 17:00 in our Birmingham premises at 2 Snow Hill.   Should those talks go well, we shall repeat them in Manchester and the other cities with  Business and Property Courts . Attendees will be invited to arrive between 13:30 and 14:00 for registration and networking over tea or coffee.  They can reserve their places by calling our senior clerk, Emily Martin, on 020 7404 525...

Robert Griffiths QC A lot of IP law relates to sport. Trade marks, association rights, broadcasting copyrights, patents for sports equipment - you name it  There is some IP in it somewhere. Our chambers have always been strong in sport and one of our stars is Robert Griffiths QC . Not only is he a sports lawyer, he is also a sportsman with a particularly strong interest in cricket.  Imagine my delight yesterday morning when he called me to say that he realized that he was actually an intellectual property lawyer as well as everything else and offered to lead our IP, Technology and Media Law Group.   I shall be adding his details to our blog shortly, Other new team members with a strong interest in sport include Samuel Okoronkwo  who knows all there is to know about football  as he is an FA licensed lawyer and agents as well as barrister and Ruhi Sethi  who is a long distance runner. Ruhi is a great addition to the team because she ...