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Corporate Counsel

Primed for Growth, Nvidia Rival Hires CLO

Veteran tech lawyer Claire Hart is taking the legal reins of Groq as it races to capitalize on the explosive growth of the AI chip market.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Private Equity Firm One Rock Hires JP Morgan Lawyer as GC

Private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners has appointed Fola Adamolekun as general counsel, hiring her away from J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

More Real Estate Deals Could Be Swept Up Under Proposed New Regulations for CFIUS Reviews

The proposals for expanded review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., the interagency panel at the Department of the Treasury, could catch some real estate investors and funds off-guard, international trade and national security lawyers said.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Qualcomm, Nokia and IBM Lawyers Back Proposed Changes to Patent Law

Company patent lawyers from Qualcomm, IBM and Nokia backed aspects of a draft bill that would amend patent eligibility rules.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Patent Trolls Threats Are Not From a 'Fairy Tale,' Says High Tech Inventors Alliance's GC

High Tech Inventors Alliance GC John Thorne issued a statement on the importance of fighting patent trolls, after the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office compared patent trolls to fictional villains causing unnecessary fear.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Experts: Trade War Will Not Push China to Enforce Intellectual Property Laws

President Donald Trump's announcement of an additional $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese products has been viewed as a way to pressure the Chinese government to crack down on intellectual property theft but legal experts who have worked in China are skeptical of the strategy.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Meet Dana Rao, IP Master and Adobe's New GC

Rao said he was "surprised and thrilled and excited" to learn that he'd be taking over the post from Mike Dillon, who is retiring.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Raytheon Is Owner of Landmark 10 Millionth Patent From USPTO

Tanuja Garde, the vice president for intellectual property and licensing at Raytheon, said the landmark patent has both defense and commercial purposes.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GDPR Making It Tougher to Catch Certain IP Violators, Attorneys Say

GDPR has raised some new issues around domain ownership and infringement. But hold tight—the situation may improve down the road.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Data on Trade Secrets Cases Can Point the Way for General Counsel

Claimants, primarily companies, won about 71 percent of trade secret cases, and a majority of the defendants are former employees, according to new research from legal analytics research company Lex Machina.
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