Let’s get straight to the Litigator the Week runners-up and shout outs this morning.
David Frazier and Michael Morin and associate Reba Rabenstein of Latham & Watkins get a runner-up nod for their win in the first virtual patent bench trial to push off in Massachusetts. Last Friday, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs found for their client, pharmaceutical company Astellas, in a case against ImStem Biotechnology. After a 2 1/2-week bench trial, the judge sided with Astellas on who should be listed as the inventor for technology related to the generation of mesenchymal stem cells.
