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Digital Copyright Act Needs Rebooting
Lawyers on both sides seldom agree on how to resolve the conflicts, but they do agree the DMCA has neither stopped piracy nor preserved the fair use of protected works.After 8 Years, Defense Verdict Comes in Novellus Contract Breach Case
After eight years of litigation in a breach of contract case, a California jury returned a defense verdict last week for semiconductor equipment company Novellus Systems and another defendant. Nearly $200 million in damages was at stake in the case, in which Linear Technology sued over equipment it bought from Novellus. Irell & Manella's background in patent litigation helped make Novellus' argument even though it wasn't a patent case, said Jonathan Kagan, trial counsel and a partner in the firm's L.A. office.Linear Technology On the Hook for $8.4 Million in Attorneys Fees
An appeal court upholds a defense judgment against Linear Technology and slaps the semiconductor maker with $8.4 million in legal fees.Hunton & Williams Snags Two Smith Gambrell IP Partners
Hunton & Williams has snagged two intellectual property partners, Robert H. G. Lockwood and Eric J. Hanson, from Smith, Gambrell & Russell as part of a push to expand its Atlanta intellectual property team. The addition of Lockwood and Hanson increases the number of IP lawyers in Hunton's Atlanta office to 11. The firm would like to double that number in the next year, said William M. Ragland Jr., the senior member of the group.Firms eye energy as new cash cow
A handful of law firms have looked beyond the current economic downturn to take advantage of potential legal work involving the growth of California's alternative energy generation and new state toxic chemical regulation.California's expected "green rush" in legal business stems from two sources: the push to expand renewable power sources and the governor's signing of the Green Chemistry Initiative on Sept.The New China Syndrome: How to Litigate Tainted Chinese Imports Cases
"The China Syndrome," the title of a 1979 film, refers to a possible extreme result of a nuclear meltdown, but 28 years later, that same phrase can be applied to a new issue: imported Chinese tainted foodstuffs and defective consumer products. Attorney Daniel J. Herling writes that the "classic" product liability suit against Chinese manufacturers raises many issues for potential litigants, which include consumers and American companies in the "stream of commerce" of the products.Digital copyright act needs rebooting
THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM Copyright Act of 1998 hasn't worked out the way consumers or copyright owners planned: It has neither stopped piracy nor preserved the long-established fair use of protected works, lawyers on both sides of the issue say.To be sure, the movie and music industries have said that without DMCA's penalties for piracy, the DVD market would have died.Representing Corporate New Jersey
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