A lot of firms might shy away from representing a client like patent-holding giant Intellectual Ventures Management, LLC. Especially firms whose other clients might include tech companies targeted by IV or its proxies.
But IV is finding takers nevertheless. For the eight suits filed since it first turned to the courts in December 2010 to enforce its massive patent portfolio, IV has already tapped a roster of firms including Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson; Susman Godfrey; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Desmarais LLP; and Irell & Manella. Now a new firm has joined the list. In February, Dechert filed suit in federal district court in Delaware for IV, claiming that AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corporation, and T-Mobile USA, Inc., infringe 15 IV patents related to wireless technology.
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