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July 10, 2008 |

Chicago-based IP firm opens N.C. office

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, a Chicago-based intellectual property law firm, is opening an office in Raleigh/Durham, N.C., with the hiring of two local patent attorneys who the firm hopes will help expand its existing client ties there. Allen Baum and Josh Elliott will join the firm as partners from the Raleigh-based Hutchison Law Group, and the new office will open on July 15.
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October 10, 2013 |

Spat Over Older Partners' Benefits Roils Brinks Hofer

Roy Hofer, a former name partner at the Chicago-based IP boutique known until recently as Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, has left to start a solo practice. Hofer's departure comes amid an internal dispute at his former firm, now called Brinks Gilson & Lione, over whether it should cover the cost of older partners' health benefits.
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July 11, 2008 |

Chicago-Based IP Firm Opens N.C. Office

Brinks Hofer, a Chicago-based intellectual property law firm, is opening an office in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., with the hiring of two local patent attorneys from Hutchison Law Group, who the firm hopes will help expand its existing client ties as well as adding clients in the pharmaceutical and biotech area. Brinks Hofer also has offices in Indianapolis; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Arlington, Va.; and Salt Lake City, which it opened in 2006.
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November 28, 2005 |

Who Protects IP America: 2005

Boutiques have disappeared, litigation has exploded, and patents have become a corporate profit center. But one thing has remained stable in the IP world: the firms who protect corporate America's IP jewels. IP Law & Business' annual survey asks the Fortune 250 to name their primary IP firms. Although rankings have shifted, the top 10 has held steady over the years. This year Jones Day made the biggest leap, moving from 10th place to tie Kirkland & Ellis for first place.
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October 21, 2004 |

Pumping Up the Patents

Instead of worrying that jurors might not comprehend the patented technology behind his client Aero Products' self-inflating mattresses, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione's William Frankel fretted that the invention might seem so simple that lawyers for defendant Intex Recreation Corp. could easily shoot down his infringement claims. Frankel took the air out of the defense's case by letting the inventor tell his story without talking "patent-ese."
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October 02, 2008 |

Vaunted IP 'rocket docket' slows down

Patent lawsuit filings in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas — long considered a national "rocket docket" for intellectual property litigation — are ebbing after a steady increase during the past seven years. There are no statistics yet to show how fast cases are moving this year, but lawyers are noting the sluggish pace. "I've got a case down there, it's no rocket-docket at all," said Bill Frankel, a Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione partner in Chicago.
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March 04, 2009 |

One Chicago group that's benefiting from the downturn: legal aid organization

The Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services, a Chicago legal aid organization, is one group in the legal industry that's actually benefiting from the economic downturn. The organization has seen a surge in interest from lawyers who are unemployed and want to volunteer. CARPLS attracted more than 100 applications during a single week last month after it advertised for licensed lawyer volunteers to handle hotline calls in a new program that starts this month.
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August 08, 2011 |

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September 30, 2009 |

Judge Michel calls for more voices in patent reform debate

Chief Judge Paul Michel, head of the federal patent court, implored a group of Chicago lawyers to voice their views in the congressional debate over patent "reform," lamenting that California technology companies are currently driving the discussion.
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June 01, 2004 |

The Needle's Edge

Patent trials are expensive and painful, especially for small companies whose resources are diverted away from business and toward the courtroom. But for Filtertek, a 900-employee company based outside of Chicago, a recent patent battle may have been the best thing to happen to the company, and not just because it walked away with a $7.3 million settlement.
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