Let's hear it for teamwork! "Topping off another year of exceptional results on the intellectual property front, Irell & Manella LLP's Morgan Chu has been named the Number 1 Intellectual Property lawyer in the U.S. by Chambers & Partners. "Mr. Chu was among only 19 American lawyers singled out by Chambers as being the top practitioners in their respective fields. Long recognized...
Big moves in Washington, D.C. IP practice: "Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP today announced that Alexander J. Hadjis and Richard G. Green have joined the law firm as partners in its Washington, D.C. office, where Hadjis will be the national chair of the patent litigation practice. Hadjis and Green come to Sonnenschein from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where Hadjis was head of that...
Interesting article from MIT's Technology Review that's sure to get IP folks fired up: "In monetary terms, the Supreme Court case being heard next Wednesday -- pitting online retail giant eBay Inc. against its left-in-the-dust competitor MercExchange -- might seem trivial. MercExchange, which won the original suit in 2003, by proving to a Virginia jury that eBay's 'Buy it Now' direct...
"A Chinese media report Sunday said the Starbucks ruling was the first of its kind under a 2001 law intended to protect well-known international trademarks. Foreign companies have long grumbled that the Chinese government is failing to stamp out piracy of copyrighted or trademarked goods." "Starbucks, which has 8,700 retail outlets worldwide and about 300 on the Chinese mainland,...