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January 07, 2000 |

The Scramble for a Piece of the New Economy

If some professional services firms seem more like venture capitalists these days, there's good reason. Dazzled by the rapid rise of the high-tech economy, firms are in hot pursuit of business from Internet companies. To get that business, lawyers and other professionals are pouring time, effort and sometimes even their own money into online startups in search of a lucrative new source of professional fees and, perhaps, of latching on to the next skyrocketing IPO or billion-dollar buyout.
10 minute read
December 27, 2011 |

Stolen credit cards go for $3.50 online

In mid-September, a European hacker nicknamed Poxxie broke into the computer network of a U.S. company and, he said, grabbed 1,400 credit card numbers, the account holders' names and addresses, and the security code that comes with each card.With little trouble, he sold the numbers for $3.50 each on his own site, called CVV2s.
13 minute read
October 19, 2007 |

Longtime Rebel Alex Kozinski Prepares to Lead the 9th Circuit

After 22 years of shaking things up on and off the bench, Judge Alex Kozinski is set to take the helm of the 9th Circuit as chief judge, the first conservative in a decade to lead what is widely viewed as the nation's most liberal federal appellate court. Will Kozinski -- a magician and snowboarder who cites Playboy fiction as inspiration for legal writing skills -- rein in his maverick instincts, or will he push to challenge entrenched notions of correct judicial behavior on a national stage?
7 minute read
October 06, 2005 |

One Lawyer's Amazonian Adventure

Patent attorneys are used to going up against big companies for infringement, but for Pillsbury partner James Gatto, the battle is getting personal. That's because the attorney is fighting Amazon.com for infringement on his personal patent, an almost unheard of situation in the IP legal community. The case has already caused a bit of havoc for Gatto's old firms, including Baker Botts, Hunton & Williams and Mintz Levin, which have all been subpoenaed by Amazon's Kirkland & Ellis lawyers.
9 minute read
February 01, 2007 |

IP's Brave New World

Over 2.5 million people have visited the online virtual world, Second Life. Instead of showy graphics and rapid-fire gameplay, Second Life offers its players something unique: intellectual property rights over their own creations within the world. But how are IP rights enforced in a virtual world? Real-life (and virtual) attorney Philip Cooper and others are now working to formalize online arbitration as a required first step in Second Life disputes, without resorting to real courts and their costs.
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Apple Gets Support From Old Foe in Injunction Bid
Publication Date: 2013-03-06
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Nokia's lawyers told the Federal Circuit that U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh "imposed an overly-strict and undue burden on the patent holder and invented new law out of whole cloth" in her ruling denying Apple a sales ban against Samsung.

McDermott Joins Backlash Against Patent Holding Company Targeting App Developers
Publication Date: 2011-06-08
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In a declaratory judgment suit it filed this week for web analytics company Foresee Results, McDermott Will & Emery is the latest firm to assert that a group of patents wielded against smartphone app developers in recent months by Lodsys LLC are invalid.

January 21, 2000 |

Beyond the Valley: Who's Winning the Tech-Law Biz?

There are many ways to spot which hi-tech regions are the hottest challengers to the dominance of Silicon Valley. You can rank them by the amount of venture capital, or by the growth of tech jobs -- or you can track where the technology lawyers are flocking. Northern Virginia is the clear leader by the latter. A close second is New York's Silicon Alley, which has become a magnet for firms with established technology practices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Texas.
10 minute read
February 13, 2003 |

Hitting the Wall

Internet-related lawyering has its challenges, particularly when American-owned search engine companies run into interference in countries such as China. In the effort to stay online, traditional legal methods have been giving way to quiet diplomacy. But at what cost to intellectual property and freedom of expression?
11 minute read
June 10, 2002 |

Activists Hope Win on Protests at Capitol Extends to Supreme Court

Will the warm glow of a decision rejecting a ban on sidewalk protests at the Capitol radiate over to the Supreme Court? Activists are hoping so.
11 minute read

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