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August 09, 2007 |

What Proves That a Mark Has Become Generic?

Words that were originally trademarks designating the source for particular products, such as "escalator" and "thermos," have lost that status and become the generic name for all such products. Companies whose marks are in danger of losing their distinctiveness as source indicators may take steps to raise the public's consciousness and prevent their marks from becoming generic.
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November 05, 2002 |

Mutually Beneficial

The story of big-firm lawyers who go in-house is old news. But the other way around? That's what happened at Federated Investors Inc. Stephen Keen, GC at the Pittsburgh-based mutual fund, told his in-housers that most would become attorneys at Reed Smith, forming a new investment management practice group at the firm. Reed Smith and Federated say that the benefits of their deal are, well, mutual.
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July 30, 2004 |

The Hydra-Headed Patent Case

Overall, observers estimate that Hoffman LaRoche has gained $2 billion from its control of the PCR process. But the company's licensing triumph could unravel just as the patents expire in 2005. Although a federal judge in San Francisco took away Hoffman LaRoche's rights to a valuable enzyme in May, other aspects of the judge's decision are keeping alive a 12-year-long dispute -- which recently has spread to other courtrooms.
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August 31, 2005 |

Toughest Case Is Making Partner

A law firm partnership may once have been the usual reward for showing efficiency and competency, but now, says a newly minted partner, the burden is on associates to show they're "crucial" to a firm's ability to make money. As fewer associates attain partnership, a self-marketing plan is all the more crucial. From doing pro bono work to give the firm visibility to becoming expert in less glamorous areas, being aggressive -- without being obnoxious -- can help associates set themselves apart.
6 minute read
July 01, 2004 |

China's Next Wave

In 1916 Detroit's Butzel Long incorporated General Motors Corporation. By then, it had been servicing the automotive community for more than 50 years. Nearly a century later, 20 percent of the firm's business is still with automotive clients, but Detroit is no longer the only market in the driver's seat. China has the fastest-growing automobile market in the world-to match every other segment of its white-hot economy, which so far has attracted 160 foreign law firms, including 30 from the United States.
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November 12, 2007 |

The 2007 NLJ 250

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October 01, 2002 |

2002 Associates Survey: From Mayer Brown to Wolf Block

The firm-by-firm breakdown of responses to the survey.
50 minute read
November 07, 2012 |

Lawyers in Thick of Election Day Action

Whether as candidates, donors, litigators, campaign attorneys, ground troops or otherwise, lawyers were engaged and energized as the countdown accelerated to Election Day. Check out our cross-section of continuing ALM coverage on campaign contributions, voter ID laws, Election Day volunteering, and more.
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December 06, 2006 |

Rise in autism has increased lawsuits

AN EXPLOSION IN autism has given rise to a wave of school lawsuits filed nationwide by parents seeking to pressure school districts into providing private school tuition and better services for their autistic children. And with the help of attorneys armed with expertise in special education law, parents are making some headway in both administrative hearings and in the courts.
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