Taking a broad view is essential when it comes to law firms getting and keeping the patent litigation business of the largest technology companies.
Fish & Richardson PC principal Kurt L. Glitzenstein said a client once put it this way: “We don’t have legal problems, we have problem problems.”
The idea drives Fish’s approach to intellectual property matters, leading the firm to consider not just an individual case but a client’s business, legal, and financial needs, Glitzenstein said.
That approach has landed Fish patent work for both Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc., which have faced more patent litigation over ...
Microsoft is represented by Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Activision and Kotick are represented by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Apple's strategy is to patent all visible product components. These patents cover ornamental aspects of a product rather than functional ones. The emblematic Coca-Cola bottle, as well as portions of Nike trainers and the Statue of Liberty, are protected by design patents.
Apple has tapped Kirkland & Ellis to represent it in the landmark antitrust lawsuit that the Department of Justice filed against the tech giant on Thursday, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
Microsoft's Legal and Corporate Affairs Group currently employs 534 attorneys worldwide. Our 33-person litigation department has 14 full-time litigation-focused attorneys. Where does litigation fall within the organizational structure?
A trained team in our legal department reviews and evaluates all requests received, and requests which Apple determines to have no valid legal basis or considers to be unclear, inappropriate or over-broad are objected, challenged or rejected.
Log in . A fantastic profile of Apple's top lawyer Bruce Sewell in Bloomberg on Friday reveals just how large his part of Apple's empire is: He's got an in-house legal staff of 500 lawyers.
Today, Microsoft's counsel gave notice of appearance (PDF): four lawyers from the DC head office of Wilkinson Stekloff. Microsoft's lead counsel is the firm's founder, Beth Wilkinson, who has an impressive background in litigation, including high-stakes multi-billion dollar cases as well as criminal cases.
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