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MoFo partner James Bennett gave opening statements for Nuance Communications on the first day of a jury trial involving competing products in the field of optical character recognition.

One of the most common complaints about the U.S. patent system is that inventors are claiming ownership of basic, widely understood ideas. In a case set for oral arguments this Friday, the Federal Circuit has a chance to mollify those critics--or to create new ones.

An en banc ruling from 12 judges on the Federal Circuit gives Tivo more ammunition in its seven-year patent battle with EchoStar. But EchoStar probably isn't done fighting. "I think a cert petition is highly likely," said Edward Reines of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, who filed an amicus brief for the American Intellectual Property Law Association. "You can bet on it."

Argued February 19, 2002Kenneth M. Burke appeals the grant of summary judgment to the National Labor Relations Board in his reverse discrimination and retaliation case, on the principal ground that