Erik Sherman

December 09, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Web site usage statistics suggest that people are in a search rut. Most Web searching uses just a few providers -- okay, basically one, Google. But no one site can give access to everything. Luckily, there is a wide selection of Web search tools available for the person who wants to shake things up and get some new insights into her research.

By By Erik Sherman

7 minute read

June 01, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

If confirmed as patent office director, IBM's David Kappos will inherit an agency plagued by a lack of cash and capacity and an overabundance of conflict. Setting things right will be no mean feat. (From the June/July issue of IP Law & Business.)

By By Erik Sherman

5 minute read

August 07, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

Companies are finding that the packages do not automatically solve problems and can ship with a measure of hype only compounded by credulous corporations.

By Erik Sherman

7 minute read

March 01, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Companies find their own ways to bring the law and technology together.

By Erik Sherman

12 minute read

October 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

New communications technologies pose novel discovery dangers for in-house lawyers.

By Erik Sherman

7 minute read

August 05, 2008 | Legaltech News

When Preston Gates & Ellis and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham merged into K&L Gates, each firm had its own business development process and tracking system. K&L Gates Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Berardi took charge to merge both firms' systems into one manageable model.

By Erik Sherman

4 minute read

November 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

The 50 most innovative companies in the world count on these law firms to protect their patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

By Erik Sherman

7 minute read

May 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

By By Erik Sherman

4 minute read

December 01, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Which law firms do the country's biggest corporations turn to when they need help obtaining, asserting, and defending their valuable intellectual property?

By Erik Sherman

6 minute read

May 07, 2008 | The American Lawyer

By Erik Sherman

10 minute read