What are some of the department’s most satisfying successes of the past year and why? Patricia (Pat) Carson: One of the most satisfying things about Kirkland’s IP practice is the broad range of matters we handle for an incredible group of clients. Highlights from the last year include a jury trial win in trade secret litigation on behalf of biotech company Flexus and its founders; a victory in a precedent-setting copyright fair use case for Fox News; obtaining a precedential opinion in a copyright case for Nike; a summary judgment win for AT&T; securing a critical motion for a major electronics client in a nine-patent case; successful resolutions of three cases before the ITC; and involvement in four appeals to the Supreme Court. We are also incredibly proud of our pro bono work. We successfully represented a New York-area musician in a trademark dispute with a competitor who misappropriated and unlawfully obtained a federal trademark registration to his stage name. The team continues its successful work on behalf of asylum seekers, veterans, and the LGBTQIA+ community, among others.

Joseph (Joe) Loy: Kirkland lawyers thrive in the courtroom. One particularly satisfying success this past year involved defeating a preliminary injunction following an evidentiary hearing during which a more junior teammate got to cross examine an expert forensic witness—her first. While the win was satisfying, observing my teammate dismantle the witness was even more so. It also reaffirmed that our deep-rooted culture of on-your-feet training pays dividends.

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