High-tech needs; clients want lawyers on the cutting edge - like them. They applaud a new breed of attorneys who understand them

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High-technology companies have grown to regard patent infringement litigation as an unwelcome but inevitable cost of doing business and so do not have a high opinion of lawyers. Sometimes patent infringement suits are used as a business intimidation technique. Small companies in the biotechnology industry have the added problem that the Patent and Trademark Office has only recently started adding patent lawyers with scientific training to its staff and before was ill equipped to handle biotechnology patent applications.

Management, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Intellectual property, Patents

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Computer war comes down to mere pixels

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A federal district court is considering the copyright infringement case of Apple Computer, Inc v Microsoft. The suit charges that Microsoft and Hewlett Packard infringed Apple copyrights for graphic user interface icons designed for the Macintosh. Microsoft and Hewlett Packard have been successful in showing that some of the disputed features were covered by an Apple-Microsoft licensing agreement, but arguments about whether others constitute protected expression continue.

Electronic computers, Prepackaged software, Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Software, Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Copyright, Copyrights, Graphical user interfaces, Apple Inc., Graphical user interface

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New formula for fee-shifting cases

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The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling with a formula for calculating attorney fees in cases with fee-shifting claims. In Schultz v Hembree, Judge Alex Kosinski wrote that the prevailing party should receive only the fees that would have been due it had the fee-shifting portions been tried as a free-standing case. He stated that this would make sure the fees award pertained only to the cause of action for which it was authorized.

Attorneys, Lawyers' fees, Costs (Law), Legal fees

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