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.

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October 21, 2013 | National Law Journal

Podcast Patent Fight

Employing one of the new provisions of the America Invents Act, the Electronic Frontier Foundation on October 16 challenged the so-called "podcasting patent" that one company has asserted against podcasters to demand licensing fees.

By Lisa Shuchman

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June 12, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Patent Board's SAP Ruling is First Under New AIA Rules

In the first ruling of its kind since Congress established a new system for reviewing patents, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled Tuesday that a key patent used in a case brought by Versata Inc. against SAP America Inc. is too abstract and therefore invalid.

By Lisa Shuchman

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July 12, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

GCs Not Satisfied With Outside Counsel Rates

The Consero Group's "2013 Spring General Counsel Survey" finds that 61 percent of Fortune 1000 general counsel are not satisfied with the rates they pay to their outside counsel.

By Lisa Shuchman

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February 08, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Jim Chosy Returns to U.S. Bancorp Legal Dept., This Time as GC

U.S. Bancorp has hired Jim Chosy executive vice president and general counsel, bringing him back to a legal department in which he's already logged several years of in-house work.

By Lisa Shuchman

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September 20, 2012 | Law.com

Microsoft Petition Tests Newest Provisions of U.S. Patent Law

If the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was looking for a high-profile test case for the latest provisions of the America Invents Act, it couldn't have asked for a much bigger fish than the Microsoft Corporation.

By Lisa Shuchman

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December 10, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Boies Schiller Scores for Warhol Foundation in Coverage Fight

After whittling away at a novel antitrust case against the Andy Warhol Foundation until there was nothing left, Boies, Schiller & Flexner is on its way to recovering its client's hefty legal tab from an insurer that balked at covering the defense.

By Lisa Shuchman

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August 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

A Long and Winding Road to the Real Thing

Nicole Morris: Managing Patent Counsel | The Coca-Cola Company

By Lisa Shuchman

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May 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Weil Wipes Out Alcatel E-Commerce Patent for Newegg, Overstock.com

French telecommunications giant Alcatel-Lucent and its lawyers at WilmerHale failed to convince the Federal Circuit to reverse a Texas jury's decision to toss patent infringement claims against online retailers Overstock.com Inc. and Newegg Inc.

By Lisa Shuchman

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April 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

O'Melveny Beats Back Hitachi Patent Claims in East Texas Trial Against TPV

Lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers convinced an East Texas jury to side with television manufacturer TPV Technology Ltd. in a patent case brought by Hitachi Ltd.

By Lisa Shuchman

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May 06, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Retailers Can't Knock Out Patents in Gift Card IP Suit

More than five years into its litigation campaign against a gaggle of big retailers, patent plaintiff Alexsam Inc. is still making trouble for defendants in East Texas.

By Lisa Shuchman

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