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/PRNewswire/ -- McKool Smith, along with Irell & Manella LLP, has secured a $300,000,000 patent damages verdict on behalf of Optis Wireless Technology, LLC,...

In a retrial against Apple Inc., Friday, a federal jury in Marshall ordered Apple to pay Optis a $300 million lump sum for the infringement of five patents that relate

4 Min Read (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc and 17 other companies with retail websites escaped claims brought by tech company SpeedTrack Inc that they infringed its patent covering improved data organization and search functions, fending off an appeal at the Federal Circuit on Thursday. The logo of the web service Amazon is pictured in this June 8, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso. The inventors who applied for the patent specified during the patent application process that it didn’t ...

In our latest round-up, we look at the explosive increase in trademark applications in Chile, the appointment of a new president at the Licensing Executives Society International, and much more.

McKool Smith Welcomes IP Trial Veteran Blair Jacobs News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- McKool Smith, one of the nations leading trial firms, has announced that veteran trial lawyer Blair M. Jacobs has joined the firm as a principal in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Jacobs has more than three decades of experience representing clients nationwide in complex intellectual property and trade secret disputes. Mr. Jacobs has served as le...

Diversity Labs launches initiative to help in-house teams track law firm diversity 27 May 2021 US corporates including Gap and HP have signed up to the programme Shutterstock Gap, Hewlett-Packard and US Bank are among 15 US corporate legal departments that have signed up to a new Diversity Lab initiative to hold law firms accountable for increasing the diversity of their teams working on matters. The Move the Needle Fund Diversity Dividends Collective aims to simplify the diversity data colle...

McKool Smith Welcomes IP Litigators Steven Rizzi & Ramy Hanna News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- McKool Smith, one of the nations leading trial firms, has announced that intellectual property litigators Steven J. Rizzi and Ramy Emad Hanna have joined the firm as principals in its New York office. The veteran trial lawyers focus on patent litigation, primarily in the technology, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical sectors. "Steve and Ramy...

Trial firm McKool Smith PC continued the expansion of its intellectual property coverage by adding a pair of former King & Spalding LLP attorneys with decades of experience working high-stakes patent litigation, the firm announced Wednesday.

Nokia to assess panel firms with diversity and inclusion initiative 11 May 2021 Nokia to assess panel firms with diversity and inclusion initiative The Finnish telecoms multinational will score firms including Bird & Bird and Eversheds Sutherland quarterly and annually Shutterstock Nokia’s legal team has launched an equity, inclusion and diversity (E,I&D) scorecard system to assess its six panel law firms.   As part of the initiative, Nokia will score its panel firms quarterly and annuall...

Abbott AUSTIN – No Texan voted for the California officials who are orchestrating climate change “lawfare” against his state’s energy sector – oil and gas companies that employ hundreds of thousands and bring in billions in tax revenue, says Gov. Greg Abbott. Currently, the Texas Supreme Court is considering ExxonMobil’s petition of review, which asserts California municipalities and a Massachusetts lawyer are attempting to chill speech and commandeer pub...