Last month, Scott Harris was one of Fish & Richardson's highest-paid partners. Now the patent prosecutor is out of a job and is being sued by his former firm for breach of his employment contract and ethical responsibilities. The suit claims that Harris obtained patents while a firm principal by misusing firm resources and engaging in unauthorized legal work. But Harris says his bosses all knew about his outside interest in patents.
October 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Last month, Scott Harris was one of Fish & Richardson’s top 10 highest-paid partners.
These days, the San Diego, Calif., patent prosecutor is out of a job and is being sued by his former firm for breach of his employment contract and ethical responsibilities.
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