Is the world ready for patent litigators on live TV? Well, apparently, yes. Scott Baker, a partner at Reed Smith, and Edward Reines, a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, have both recently appeared on CNBC to talk about patent cases. Yes, patent cases.

With the U.S. Supreme Court hearing five patent cases this term and the BlackBerry patent dispute hogging headlines day after day, patent attorneys have achieved celebrity status.