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December 01, 2007 |

Circle of Friends

Clerking for a judge on the Federal Circuit gives patent lawyers entr?e to a lifelong network. Those powerful connections boost business, secure lateral hires, and help scope out opposing counsel.
10 minute read
February 26, 2007 |

Intellectual property verdicts exceed $1.3 billion

Finisar is one of a burgeoning number of blockbuster verdicts in intellectual property cases. These verdicts exceeded $1.3 billion in 2006, according to VerdictSearch, an affiliate of the NLJ, and our own research.
6 minute read
June 27, 2005 |

Ocean Co. Suit Over Injuries From Workplace Fall Settles for $1.9M

Large verdicts and settlements in New Jersey.
6 minute read
June 01, 2007 |

ITC Survey 2006: International Savoir Faire

Knowing the ropes at the ITC has boosted the practice of boutique Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg. Other firms also prosper.
6 minute read
January 25, 2010 |

Kappos introduces several initiatives during first months

The U.S. Patent Office's new director is seeking to resolve an increasingly tenuous relationship between the PTO and the patent community.
7 minute read
June 11, 2009 |

More defendants seek to blast out of patent 'rocket docket'

Intellectual property lawyers are reporting an upswing in motions to transfer patent infringement cases out of the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas in the wake of two U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decisions that chastised the Texas federal court for not transferring cases.
3 minute read
July 13, 2007 |

IP Litigation: Poised for Takeoff?

The top firms in IP Law & Business' seventh annual patent litigation survey showed a slight bump up in work last year, but lawyers are already bracing themselves for a new wave of patent litigation following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in KSR v. Teleflex. Combined with the justices' other recent patent rulings and the potential for patent reform in 2007, the litigation landscape has suddenly been transformed into uncharted territory. Are these chart-topping firms ready for the journey?
4 minute read
March 15, 2007 |

IP Litigators: Worth Their Weight in Gold?

Patent litigators are a must-have for firms, and they're willing to pay for them. Changing technology, consolidation of industries and the increasingly cross-border nature of IP battles are expanding the size and scope of patent cases. The median cost to take a patent case through trial increased from $2 million in 1995 to $5 million in 2005, according to the American Intellectual Property Law Association, which means that firms are missing a potential fee bonanza if they don't have enough lawyers on hand.
13 minute read
March 01, 2007 |

Call Them Indispensable

As a senior patent litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Jeremy Pitcock was wooed by firms offering partnerships, $75,000 signing bonuses, and, on top of his partner paycheck, 5 percent of any business he helped generate. "I was getting calls from recruiters all the time," Pitcock says. By the time he was a sixth-year associate, he was offered his first partnership. He turned it down, waiting for the firm with just the right mix of reputation and resources.
13 minute read
October 01, 2011 |

Who Reps 2011: The Big Chart

Courtroom counsel for America's top 100 companies.
33 minute read

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