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Chambers and Partners Recognizes Maschoff Brennan
May 30, 2017
Park City – In its annual rankings, Chambers and Partners honored intellectual property and litigation law firm Maschoff Brennan. The accolades were released Friday in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Shareholders Larry Laycock and Eric Maschoff were also recognized in the publication. Chambers USA recognized Maschoff Brennan in the […]
The Supreme Court’s Decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC Limits Venue in Patent Cases
May 23, 2017
By Parrish Freeman* The Supreme Court issued a unanimous 8-0 decision this week in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, 581 U.S. ___ (2017) (Justice Gorsuch did not participate). The decision returns patent venue law for domestic corporate defendants to its pre-1990 state, holding that “resides” in 28 U.S.C. §1400(b) (the patent […]
Kicking the IP “Tires” of Your New Acquisition
May 10, 2017
Acquisition of a company can be driven by many different objectives. Access to tangible property, such as equipment, new facilities, inventory, can all be motivating factors. More often than not, however, the desire to acquire a company is driven by an objective to gain access to intangible property, such as employee expertise and intellectual property […]