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Goodbye damages ... Oh so obvious patents ... Unfunded mandate

2013-01-25 10:50:10 AM

Bratz

The sassy (and litigious) doll has a reason to pout after the Ninth Circuit erased a $170 million award for counterclaims against Barbie.

MGA's lawyers

Even so, its legal team came out OK. The court kept intact $137 million in attorney fees and costs.

Weil Gotshal

Partner Edward Reines got the Federal Circuit to invalidate Internet shopping-related patents that have been used to extract millions from major retailers.

Ellen Corbett

The state senator wrote a bill that would create specialized enviro and land-use divisions. Of course, it provides $0 to set them up.