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Google wins first patent trial
Late last month, Google won its first patent infringement lawsuit to go to a jury trial, in the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiff was Function Media, a patent holding company owned by husband-and-wife inventors Michael Dean and Lucinda Stone. Unlike many of those who file patent suits in the plaintiff-friendly venue, Dean and Stone actually live in the Eastern District, residing in Tyler.
Monsanto's $1 Bil. Patent Verdict Raises Eyebrows
Lawyers from Winston & Strawn and Husch Blackwell delivered a $1 billion patent verdict for Monsanto Co. against rival DuPont in a case that raised eyebrows among the intellectual property bar because it involved products in development and happened in a jurisdiction not known for being unduly friendly to plaintiffs.The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200
Jones Day hires a bankruptcy partner from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Cozen O'Connor loses the cochair of its family law practice to Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel; and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan expands in London. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].Laying the law down on apps; let business model drive usage
The catchphrase for the mobile lawyer? "There's an app for that." While that might be true, finding it and making it work for you or your law firm is a journey where law firms should let technology drive the business model.Mayo Clinic and doctor disagree over who stole software secrets
A trade secret lawsuit between the world-renowned Mayo Clinic and one of its former doctors is heading to trial after a federal judge in Minnesota denied summary judgment to both parties last week.
Orrick Ups Calif. Associates' Pay to $160,000
Just when you thought the associate salary wars were over, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has fired another shot. The firm announced Thursday that it's hiking associates' pay in all California offices, except Sacramento, to the $160,000 pay scale that most big firms adopted solely in New York. The move has sparked speculation that another round of raises may be on the horizon.
IP Firm Lyon & Lyon Closes Up Shop
After several years of losing partners and big-ticket litigation work to general practice firms, L.A.-based IP firm Lyon & Lyon announced Thursday it is closing its doors. The collapse of merger negotiations with San Francisco's Townsend and Townsend and Crew seems to have delivered the final blow. Townsend Chairman James Gilliland Jr. said the biggest stumbling block was Lyon's "very significant lease obligation."Trending Stories
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