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20 Nov, 2006 10:00 am
... .g. the history of the Shidler Center for Law, Information and Technology at the University of Washington School of Law. In 1985 Neukom
became the first attorney for Microsoft Corporation when William H. Gates, Sr., the "Gates" in
Preston Gates & Ellis, ... was subsequently Microsoft's General Counsel (chief legal officer) for the next nearly two decades and helped to
shape what Microsoft is today. In 2002 he rejoined Preston Gates & Ellis from his position as Executive Vice President of Law ...
12 Sep 11:03 pm
... to reassess the damages portion of the judgment. The summary of the decision by the CAFC, which is located in Washington, DC, is as
follows: Microsoft Corporation appeals the denial of post-trial motions concerning a jury verdict
that U.S. ... The responsibility for objecting to evidence, however, remains firmly with the parties. Here, the record reveals that, at trial, Microsoft objected neither to the introduction of any of the licenses discussed below nor to the testimony of Lucent's expert as ...
11 Jan, 2008 10:39 am
... and discussion about the legal impact of recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Hosted by Microsoft and featuring
speakers from K&L Gates, these summits will help equip ... Cleveland Event: February 6, 9:00AM-1:00PM: Thomas J. Smith Microsoft
Corporation - Cleveland Office 60650 Oak Tree Boulevard, Suite 300 Cleveland, OH ... will take place in New York City (January 31), Chicago
(February 8), Washington D.C. (February 13), Atlanta (February 13), and Minneapolis (February 20), ...
14 Mar, 2007 8:17 am
... can negatively affect corporate brands and reputations as well as impair the end-users' experience online," said Aaron Kornblum, senior attorney with Microsoft. "With every ad ... and has now successfully identified the owners of all 217 domains. Today, Microsoft is
amending that complaint to name three defendants who collectively are alleged to have owned at least ... No. 07-2-08568-8 SEA (King County Superior Court, Washington). Microsoft has filed a civil lawsuit in state court in Seattle against John ...
20 Jun, 2007 9:58 am
... 's initial mistakes. Google credits Microsoft's missteps in the 1990s with helping it see the wisdom of setting up shop in Washington in a big way and using the many ... Democracy & Technology, was the search-engine company's sole staff lobbyist in Washington. As recently as last year, Google co-founder Sergey Brin had trouble ... lobbying-related professionals on staff here - more than double the size
of the standard corporate lobbying office - and is continuing to add people. We wonder if someday ...
10 Apr, 2007 12:58 am
Like many other corporations, Microsoft is looking to beef up its legal department, and is currently seeking a patent litigation
attorney to join its staff in Redmond Washington. Microsoft is so keen on advertising this position
that they recently ... in any given year, 40 percent-plus is patent litigation, 40 percent-plus antitrust, and the rest is everything else." • Microsoft's in-house patent litigation team is headed by Andrew Culbert, associate general counsel, and has a staff of three patent ...
12 Feb, 2008 2:15 am
... against Microsoft in 2006: Veritas Operating Corporation v. Microsoft Corporation, Case No. 2:06-CV-00703-JCC (W.D. Washington). The
case arose from a 1996 agreement between Symantec and Microsoft, whereby Symantec had shared its source code in certain software ... Veritas
had provided credible evidence of bad faith, one in the form of an email summarizing a statement by one of Microsoft's managers on the project,
who admitted that: his intention is to eventually get [Symantec] out of the box ...
30 Mar 6:59 am
... vehicle navigation business TomTom have just settled the highly publicised patent litigation commenced by (i) Microsoft before the US
District Court for the Western District of Washington and the International Trade Commission (ITC) and (ii) by TomTom in ... time. Horacio
Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing, Microsoft Corporation, stated: "We are pleased TomTom has chosen to resolve the litigation amicably by entering into a patent ...
10 Jun 9:00 am
... infomercial. Tired of having its old search engine a perennial afterthought to the undisputed champion of the search engine Google, the Microsoft Corporation is believed to be spending between $80 million to $100 million on advertising to give Bing a
running start on the ... of Google's share of ad revenue. Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president for the online services division of Microsoft in
Redmond, Washington, said, "It's a very tall marketing challenge and a very tall product challenge…It's going ...
2 Aug, 2007 5:53 am
... . Id., at 543-44. Plaintiff telephoned Microsoft and canceled the service, id., at 544. The putative class action was transferred to the
Western District of Washington pursuant to the MSN subscriber agreement where plaintiff amended the ... . Odom, at 547-48. Turning first to the
issue of an enterprise, the Ninth Circuit noted that "[i]t is undisputed that a corporation can be an 'individual' for purposes of an
associated-in-fact enterprise" and that the question before it "is the manner in which a ...
19 Mar 1:07 pm
... Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing, Microsoft Corporation : "We are reviewing TomTom's filing, which we have just received. As has been the case for more than a year, we remain committed to a licensing
solution, ... to press ahead with the complaints we initiated in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and the
International Trade Commission." See also: Catch-22 for TomTom? **UPDATE One might ...
14 Mar, 2007 11:07 pm
... sites confuse visitors who are trying to reach genuine company Web sites, which can negatively affect corporate brands and reputations as well as impair the end-users'
experience online," Aaron Kornblum said in a press release Microsoft distributed today. In doing so, Microsoft announced its filing of three new or amended suits to combat cybersquatters' efforts here in Washington:
*Microsoft v. Garba, Case No. 06-1192 (W.D. Wash.). Microsoft amended a "John Doe ...
13 Sep, 2005 3:28 pm
[JURIST] Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, Washington Superior Court Judge Steven Gonzalez ruled that former
Microsoft [corporate website] executive Kai-Fu Lee [Wikipedia profile] can work for Google [corporate website]. The ruling allows
Dr. Lee to work for Google China [Google press release] so long as he does not recruit from Microsoft or use knowledge he gained while
12 May 3:34 am
... Corp. Intel International Paper JP Morgan Chase Macy's, Inc. Microsoft Merrill Lynch & Co. Motorola Inc. Schering-Plough Sony
Electronics ... Inc. Wachovia Washington Mutual Wells Fargo Wyeth Mergers, Restructurings, and Bankruptcies Contributing to Layoffs. Mergers,
restructurings, and bankruptcies are also contributing to corporate legal ... Group JP Morgan Chase Lehman Brothers (defunct) Merill Lynch Wachovia Washington Mutual Wells Fargo Who Is More Likely to Be Given The Axe? The majority of U.S ...
2 Mar, 2007 2:22 pm
... Casert writes, the rule of law does not appear to be a strength at the EU Commission: "Ronald Cass, chairman of the Washington-based Center
for the Rule of Law, said the EU "has taken another step toward turning successful businesses into ... ] Whatever the decision of that Court, the problem of the European Commission
remains, not only for foreign governments and corporations dealing with the European Union, but also for the Europeans themselves, who have created a monster that no one wants,
and ...
24 Mar 5:22 am
... Inc. Mergers, Restructurings, and Bankruptcies Contributing to Layoffs. Mergers, restructurings, and bankruptcies are also contributing to corporate legal department layoffs.
The pharmaceutical industry has been particularly active on the merger front, embarking on ... . Bank of America Bearn Stearns Citibank JP Morgan Chase Lehman Brothers Merill Lynch
Wachovia Washington Mutual Companies in the technology industries are not necessarily faring better. According to a recent article by the
Recorder, ...
24 Jul, 2007 3:24 pm
... Declan McCullough on Google. The internet giant is fast becoming the "next Microsoft" in terms of attracting antitrust scrutiny. In
response, McCullough notes, Google retained a slew of Washington lobbyists, including ex-DOJ antitrust official Makan Delrahim. ... of existing
statutes. In this sense, regulatory and litigation reform must be considered part and parcel of corporate governance. Firms need to take greater responsibility for their own
interests by shunning ex-regulators and cultivating ...
9 Jan, 2008 2:04 pm
Corporate theft of amateur photos is "exposed" in this rollicking Washington Post article Stolen Web SnapShots From theft to teen photos
posted on Flickr causing suit against Virgin Mobile Australia (alleging invasion of ... that as average folks have their own material appropriated, it will eventually results in better
behaved individuals and corporations. To understand the "Microsoft was mooned" reference, we commend you to this amusing article. We
find the solution one photo-filching victim ...
20 Jun, 2008 12:23 pm
Roundup: touch typing, Pfizer EDD expert becomes consultant, MS SharePoint limitation, LPO makes Washington Post. Personal Productivity: Touch
Typing Rees Morrison observes that fast typing may be one of the biggest under-rated ... not a fast typist. E-Discovery Expert Leaves Pfizer, Joins Thomson Litigation Consulting The
June 2008 issue of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel reports that Laura Kibbe, who earned recognition as one of the leading inhouse lawyer EDD experts as senior corporate
counsel and ...
7 Jun, 2007 4:23 pm
Today I attended an American Intellectual Property Law Association patent seminar in Washington, D.C. The seminar included a panel discussion
about how to effectively manage costs when maintaining an IP portfolio. Useful ideas included: ... a strategy for protecting those developments. Companies with a "culture of innovation"
can more effectively manage IP portfolios. Corporate officers who actively influence product development strategies are critical for obtaining support for IP protection. Don't
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