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Desmarais Focuses on His Law Firm after Stepping Down as CEO of His Patent Business
Publication Date: 2013-02-01
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Former K&E partner John Desmarais says that he's no longer the head of Round Rock Research—the patent licensing company he founded three years ago—because he wanted to devote his full time to his law firm. Desmarais's roles at his two businesses came under attack last year in an infringement case that Round Round brought against Dell.

August 25, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Marketplace

Intellectual property law firm Desmarais LLP, which specializes in complex technology disputes and patent litigation, recently signed a 10-year lease for more than 22,400 square feet at Monday Properties' class-A building at 230 Park Ave.
5 minute read
July 25, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Switching Sides

Star patent litigator Matthew Powers, who has made a career out of representing tech-industry titans, departs Weil, Gotshal & Manges to open a plaintiffs-side firm.
2 minute read
July 01, 2013 | National Law Journal

MOVERS

Allison Turnbull joins Holland & Knight as partner in the Orlando, Fla., office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
4 minute read
February 28, 2002 | Law.com

Vinson & Elkins' Smoking Gun

It's every lawyer's worst fear. Somewhere, toward the back of a file cabinet, sits an obscure document drafted long ago, ticking like a time bomb. The files of Houston's Vinson & Elkins contained at least one such document, a letter agreement that contributed greatly to the collapse of Enron, and the law firm's role in preparing the letter agreement may turn out to be its biggest headache in the Enron fiasco.
4 minute read
April 08, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Timeline' Trademark Suit Against Facebook Allowed to Proceed

Remember Facebook.com's big 2011 overhaul? Where users once had a "profile," they now had a "timeline" — an ever-evolving page that lists "life events" in chronological order. Facebook Inc. did its due diligence before debuting the timeline, and discovered that a small Chicago-based company called Timelines Inc., which operates a website called Timelines.com, has a trademark on the word "timelines." Ultimately, Facebook decided to launch the timeline concept anyway, perhaps figuring it could prevail in a trademark battle with Timelines Inc.
4 minute read
November 17, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Members of the Schneiderman Transition Committee

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November 15, 2004 | National Law Journal

Branch offices

The NLJ 250: Branch offices.
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December 21, 2006 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Sabre Holdings Corp., the owner of Travelocity.com, has agreed to be taken private by Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group (TPG) in a $5 billion deal. Under the agreement, Silver Lake and TPG will pay $32.75 in cash for each share of Sabre and assume all debt. Also, MidOcean Partners LLP will acquire Sbarro for $450 million.
4 minute read
July 25, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Never Too Early to Make Rain

O YOU want to be a rainmaker? Like the young violinist who wants to know the way to Carnegie Hall, the answer is practice. You ask, But how can I practice? I, a mere junior associate one little spore in the big mushroom patch in that dark warren of offices that clients never see?
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