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The news is out! Crown is bigger and continues getting better. Crown’s founding partners Elizabeth J. Rest and Owen Seitel and incoming Of Counsel Mary Shapiro were recently interviewed by the Daily Journal for an exclusive about Crown’s acquisition of Evoke Law. In the article, the team dives into its long-standing relationship, why uniting was a great opportunity for both firms, and how the growth benefits all of our clients’ changing needs. Daily Journal subscribers can read the full article, “Bay Area law firm acquires IP boutique, deepens bench expanding resources,” here: https://lnkd.in/g7ZtR6WJ      - Nicole Katsin #MergersAndAcquisitions  #AcquisitionAnnouncement  #BusinessGrowth #CorporateLaw #StrategicPartnership #BusinessExpansion  #IntellectualProperty  #IPLaw #LegalTech #LawFirmGrowth  #IPStrategy #LegalInnovation #TrademarkLaw #CopyrightLaw #CrownLLP  #SFIPLawyers #CrownLLPAcquisition #SanFrancisco  #CaliforniaLaw #BayAreaLaw #SFLawFirms  #InnovationInLaw #FutureOfLaw #LegalCommunity

#TeamTaft #IntellectualProperty practice and attorneys have been named to 2024 IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. Read more about the rankings here.

The latest from Movers & Shakers 📢 Buchalter welcomes IP shareholder in San Francisco. Buchalter is pleased to announce that Robert Becker has joined the firm as a Shareholder in its San Francisco office as a member of the Intellectual Property practice group. Read the full news article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVj8_d9V Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up-to-date with all the most pertinent patent stories and news here https://lnkd.in/eNFGimuS Want to write for The Patent Lawyer newsletter? Email ellen@ctclegalmedia.com #patent #lawyer #news #lawfirm #IPshareholder #sanfrancisco #IPlaw

IP heavyweights post strong profit figures https://lnkd.in/eYSTktd7 As law firms begin to reveal their profit and revenue figures for the last financial year, the positive impact of intellectual property disputes and expertise has been evident. Firms with strong hashtag IP expertise, such as Bird & Bird and Taylor Wessing, have reported rising profits and highlighted the role of high-profile IP disputes and hires in achieving that growth. There were also positive figures for A&O Shearman (at the time Allen & Overy), Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters. #profits #ipstrategy #birdbird #taylorwessing #aoshearman #herbertsmithfreehills #linklaters

In Miami, law firms are leading the return-to-office efforts, demonstrating a 97% increase in office attendance since August of last year according to Avison Young | US's Office Busyness Index. "One of the things we've seen is that law firms have come back first and foremost just because attorneys have to learn and be mentored, which is hard to do over Zoom," said Avison Young's Jason Steele. "Law firms have always been leading, but something about the last 12 months shows that it's really just taken off." Learn more via Alexander Lugo latest for Daily Business Review ⬇ Lisa Jesmer | Michael T. Fay | Daniel Dragman | #AYOfficeBusynessIndex

A DOSE OF LAW | Content creators, creativity, and fair use (2)   Published 18 March 2024, The Daily Tribune   Continuing this series on IPOPHL’s fair use guidelines, Dean Nilo Divina talks about situations that must additionally pass the general (or common law) fair use’s four-factor test.    Read it here: https://bit.ly/490phke   #DynamicLawyering #ADoseOfLaw #ip #intellectual #property

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We got a notable precedential decision today from the Federal Circuit in Dragon IP v. DISH, an appeal that answered two questions that come up at least somewhat often: 1. Can a prevailing party in a patent suit recover attorney's fees under Section 285 from a law firm where the law firm's client is a thinly capitalized LLC created for the sole purpose of filing a lawsuit or handful of suits? 2. Can that same prevailing party recover fees for cost incurred challenging a patent's validity through the IPR process at the PTAB? The panel (C.J. Moore writing for the majority) answered both questions no. Judge Bencivengo dissented but only as to the second question, saying a categorical rule against IPR fees gets the result wrong for DISH and other potential parties and district court judges should get some discretion in this area. (Bencivengo is herself a district court judge who's heard a bunch of patent cases, and she was sitting on the panel by designation) I'm, of course, curious to see if DISH pushes for en banc or Supreme Court review. My instinct is to say that's got to turn on their read on chances of winning a reversal on Question 1; winning on Question 2, only to not be able to collect from a "judgment proof plaintiff," is almost certainly a tough result for most clients. https://lnkd.in/ec5sTWue

My article, which was published in Law360, made it to the top three most-read expert analyses of the week. Link to article: https://lnkd.in/gcCV7Y_7 Link to the hottest stories on Law360: https://lnkd.in/gMwbtYcb