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People & Companies
Silicon Graphics To Retain Paul Hastings
Monday, August 21, 2006
Silicon Graphics Inc. has requested permission to hire Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP to act as its special intellectual property counsel. |
Merchant & Gould Adds More Attorneys To Its Ranks
Monday, August 14, 2006
The intellectual property boutique Merchant & Gould has nabbed several attorneys—including two partners—with considerable IP experience to boost its practice. |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Snags Trial Attorney
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Continuing to build its intellectual property litigation practice, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC has snagged a seasoned attorney from Thelen Reid & Priest LLP. |
Baker & Daniels Nabs Two Biotech Lawyers
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Baker & Daniels LLP has signed on two partners to tailor its intellectual property practice to its clients in the life sciences industry. |
Connolly Bove Builds On IP Practice
Friday, August 04, 2006
Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP has made room for a new partner and two of counsels as part of the budding intellectual property practice in its Los Angeles office. |
Howrey Loses Renowned IP Chair
Thursday, August 03, 2006
The head of the intellectual property group at Howrey LLP's London office, who was brought in three years ago to bolster the firm’s European IP practice, is moving to the British firm CMS Cameron McKenna over conflicts of interest at her former firm. |
Steptoe Scores IP Litigator Off Akin Gump
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Boosting the firm’s intellectual property ranks, Steptoe & Johnson LLP has snagged top patent litigator John Caracappa from Akin Gump to serve as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. |
Rambus General Counsel Steps Down
Friday, July 28, 2006
After five years and dozens of high-stakes patent and antitrust lawsuits, former Rambus Inc. general counsel John Danforth is moving down in the company. |
Brinks Hofer Opens Doors In Salt Lake City
Friday, July 21, 2006
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione has expanded its intellectual property law practice with the opening of a Salt Lake City office and has pulled in two new attorneys to bolster the practice in its new location. |
Law Firm Profile: Dechert LLP
Monday, July 17, 2006
Dechert LLP has expanded at a sprinter’s pace in recent years. So quickly, in fact, that the firm’s growth will likely taper off in the near future, according to IP practice chair Martin J. Black. |
DLA Piper Pulls In New Patent Attorney
Thursday, July 13, 2006
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary U.S. LLP has nabbed a seasoned patent litigator to help expand the intellectual property litigation practice in its Chicago office. |
Sidley Austin Signs On Three Patent Attorneys
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Three patent litigators have checked out of Arnold & Porter LLP to jump aboard Sidley Austin LLP’s intellectual property practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. |
Silicon Valley Counsel: Cadence's Smith McKeithen
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
At Cadence Design Systems Inc., maker of electronic design technologies, corporate life revolves around IP. For the company’s long-time general counsel, Smith McKeithen, that means directing plenty of energy to patent matters while juggling the company’s other legal fronts. |
Silicon Valley Counsel: Xilinx's Thomas LaVelle
Friday, July 07, 2006
For semiconductor maker Xilinx Inc., snatching Thomas LaVelle as its General Counsel may have been the biggest IP victory in its corporate history. LaVelle, one of the first lawyers at Intel, has used his Silicon Valley savvy to keep Xilinx remarkably clear of IP’s often choppy waters. |
Silicon Valley Counsel: Yahoo's Joe Siino
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
When Yahoo Inc. realized its IP organization needed a major overhaul, the company sought out a top Silicon Valley IP strategist, attorney Joseph K. Siino. But rather than simply tap the IP guru for advice, the Web media firm convinced him to join the team as its vice president of IP. |
Silicon Valley Counsel: AMD's Harry Wolin
Thursday, June 30, 2006
A thorough re-thinking of IP under general counsel Harry Wolin has helped chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. focus on intellectual property as a core asset, even as the company fights a second front in its antitrust battle with arch rival Intel Corp. |
Silicon Valley Counsel: Oracle's Roger Kennedy
Thursday, June 29, 2006
For a large high-tech company, enterprise software maker Oracle Corp. has managed to stay remarkably clear of IP litigation. But in-house counsel Roger Kennedy nevertheless has a bone to pick with “patent trolls” that have targeted the high-tech industry. |
Greenberg Traurig's IP Group Grows In Silicon Valley
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Greenberg Traurig is continuing its quest to become a major player in Silicon Valley, hiring the fourth new IP partner in the Valley office in the past year. |
Silicon Valley Counsel: Google's Michelle Lee
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Through its many innovations, Internet search giant Google Inc. has been at the forefront of IP law, but the lion’s share of the company’s IP efforts take place outside headline-grabbing lawsuits and in the office of its top patent strategist, attorney Michelle K. Lee. |
Scottish IP Firm Buys Rival Boutique
Monday, June 26, 2006
Scotland’s largest intellectual property law firm, Murgitroyd Group, has acquired one of its rival patent firms in Glasgow for around $2.36 million, the firm said. |
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French Tax Raises Money For Drugs—And IP Concerns
As international governments and drug companies struggle to find a balance between protection of intellectual property and the rights of poor nations to access crucial medications, a controversial new French initiative stands to fuel the growing debate by pressuring the pharmaceutical industry to lower its prices. |
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Latest Articles
London Fog Lets Go Of Trademark
Monday, August 21, 2006
Still selling off its assets, bankrupt rainwear maker London Fog Group Inc. has unloaded its famed trademark, with Iconix Brand Group Inc. snapping up the recognizable brand for $30.5 million in cash and $7 million in stock.
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No End In Sight In Plavix Battle
Monday, August 21, 2006
Attorneys spent a second day in court Monday arguing over whether Apotex’ generic version of the blockbuster blood thinner Plavix should be allowed on the market.
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Lengthy Patent Battle Wages On For Microsoft
Monday, August 21, 2006
Timeline Inc. announced Monday that it has terminated a limited license with Microsoft Corp. for use of its patents with the software giant’s SQL Servers, and has asked a federal court to add Microsoft to a patent infringement lawsuit.
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eBay Opinion Doesn’t Affect Preliminary Injunctions, Judge Rules
Monday, August 21, 2006
A federal judge has ruled that a landmark Supreme Court decision involving eBay only relates to permanent injunctions and not preliminary ones.
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Federal Circuit Overturns Jury Verdict Against ACell
Monday, August 21, 2006
The Federal Circuit has overturned a jury verdict that found biotechnology company ACell Inc. liable for patent infringement of a tissue-engineering method for healing wounds and scars, ruling against Cook Biotech Inc. and Purdue Research Foundation.
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Silicon Graphics To Retain Paul Hastings
Monday, August 21, 2006
Silicon Graphics Inc. has requested permission to hire Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP to act as its special intellectual property counsel.
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Courts Write History on Permanent Injunctions In Patent Actions
Monday, August 21, 2006
Although a few more pages have been filled on the subject, there are still more pages that need to be written before the full impact and proper manner of applying the logic set forth in eBay will be understood, say Anthony F. Lo Cicero and Charles R. Macedo of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP.
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DexCom Scores Stay, Partial Dismissal In Abbott Suit
Friday, August 18, 2006
DexCom Inc. revealed Friday that it received a favorable ruling in a patent infringement dispute with rival Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. over technology related to glucose monitors used by diabetics.
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EchoStar Wins Block Of Damaging DVR Injunction
Friday, August 18, 2006
The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Friday blocked a temporary injunction that would have prevented Echostar Communication Corp. from selling some of its digitial video recorders and stopped the service of about 4 million DVRs within 30 days.
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Gloves Come Off In Plavix Battle
Friday, August 18, 2006
Canadian generic drug maker Apotex has accused Bristol-Myers of engaging in illegal secret side deals that led to a Department of Justice investigation into a Plavix settlement agreement.
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