When Tom Saunders argued last year that the U.S. Supreme Court should uphold a 50-year-old decision barring collection of royalties that accrue after a patent expires, the Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner faced a battle that would challenge a superhero.
“The conventional wisdom was that the court granted the case to rule against us,” said Saunders, who represented Marvel Enterprises Inc. in a dispute with inventor Stephen Kimble over royalties on a Spiderman toy.
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