• May 26, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Copyright Suits Can't Keep Potential Blockbusters Out of Theaters

    Copyright infringement suits hang over two highly anticipated blockbuster sequels set for release over the Memorial Day weekend. In one case, a federal district court judge in Missouri ruled

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  • September 30, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Microsoft Wipes Out Another Huge IP Jury Verdict

    Editor's note: This story has been revised to include a comment from Uniloc on the judge's ruling. When we featured a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/digestTAL.jsp?id=120242996

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  • September 8, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    VerdictSearch

    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Tech giant ordered to pay $18 million in infringement case On July 15, a jury awarded network security technology compa

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  • November 1, 2007 |

    Who Protects Innovation in America 2007

    Despite the current intense legislative debate about patent reform, most business people and IP lawyers can agree that the American intellectual property system is one of the most robust in the

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  • November 3, 2003 | The Recorder

    U.S. Formally Joins Madrid Trademark Pact

    For trademark lawyers, it's an event on par with a Hollywood premiere or the release of a new Harry Potter book.On Sunday the United States officially joined the Madrid Protocol, a tre

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  • May 16, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

    Dealmaker of the Week: Not Just Peanuts

    Madeleine Johnson, VP and GC of Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co., led a team of lawyers to the May 2 closing of the company's acquisition of Orlando, Fla.-based AirTran Holdings Inc., a deal val

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  • August 29, 2013 | The Recorder

    Orrick Poaches IP Litigator From Sheppard

    SAN FRANCISCO — After just two years at Sheppard Mullin, IP litigator Nagendra Setty is decamping for Orrick, explaining he was drawn by the firm's global reach —

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  • November 28, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Friedman & Feiger in Dallas has merged with Shaw & Associates (retaining the Friedman & Feiger name) and added four new attorneys as a result: insurance

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  • June 1, 2008 |

    Stem Cell Gold Rush

    Robert Klein convinced Californians to part with $3 billion of their taxes to fund stem cell research. Proposition 71, the state referendum he championed, was handily passed by state voters in 2004

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  • February 20, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Pharmaceuticals GC Tackles Compliance, Raising Capital

    Name and title: Steven W. Spector, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. Age: 42 Life on the pharm: San Diego-based Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. is

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