Lisa Shuchman
Lisa Shuchman is Executive Editor of Law.com International. At ALM she has also worked for The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel. Prior to joining ALM, she worked in Japan for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and in the U.S. for the Associated Press, The Industry Standard, and regional newspapers. She received a B.A. from Wesleyan University and an M.S. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @LisaLawReporter.
December 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel
An Inventor ScoresGertrude Rothschild thinks women scientists deserve respect--and royalties.
By Lisa Shuchman
6 minute read
August 21, 2008 | Law.com
Have IP Boutiques Gone Extinct? HardlyWhen patent litigator John Gallagher left his IP boutique for a general practice firm he predicted "few if any IP boutiques [will be] around" in the future. Similar predictions have been made for more than a decade: IP specialty firms faced extinction like dinosaurs destined to die out in a changing climate. Yet many IP boutiques thrive. Large IP specialty firms more than hold their own, even in high-stakes litigation. And small IP boutiques are growing, helped by increasingly cost-conscious clients.
By Lisa Shuchman
12 minute read
May 23, 2005 | Law.com
GroundedSandel Avionics was flying high when it developed a warning system that lets airplane pilots know if they are flying toward terrain they may not see. Unfortunately, there was no device that allowed Sandel to see patent litigation on the horizon. Just two weeks after the company announced that the FAA had certified its product, Sandel was sued by Honeywell International. But thanks to some clever -- and frugal -- lawyering on Fish & Richardson's part, the company beat Honeywell twice in court.
By Lisa Shuchman
7 minute read
June 01, 2004 | Law.com
Redmond Turns BlueT has to be the greatest licensing story ever told. In 1980 IBM Corporation needed an operating system to launch a line of personal computers, and its executives thought Microsoft Corporation had built one. Wrong. Twenty-five-year-old Bill Gates and company didn't have what IBM sought, but they wanted to please IBM. So, in a fit of business genius, they figured out a way to make IBM happy and themselves wealthy. For $50,000, Microsoft bought the complete rights to a rudimentary operating system called QDOS
By Lisa Shuchman
7 minute read
July 21, 2006 | Law.com
Cash CowIt took a mere 24 years to prosecute a patent for a UC invention aimed at increasing milk production in cows.
By Lisa Shuchman
4 minute read
October 30, 2007 | Law.com
Exit StrategiesLaw firms, under pressure from clients to improve their diversity, are working harder to attract minority lawyers but often fail to keep recruits for more than a few years. "There is often a bias, unconscious or conscious, on the part of partners and senior associates that keeps minority associates from the good assignments. So these minorities ... leave the firm," says Edwards Angell Chief Diversity Officer Paulette Brown, who has some ideas on what firms can do to retain minority attorneys.
By Lisa Shuchman
9 minute read
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