The World's Leading Lawyers 2002-2003: Intellectual Property: East Coast
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In Chambers' 2002-2003 regional review of international legal talent in the area of "Intellectual Property: East Coast," Kirkland & Ellis ranked third. This ranking reflects the opinion of the marketplace as revealed by Chambers' systematic and objective research.
Chambers' comments:
Firmly established in the East coast market, peers claimed that this team has had success in raising its profile by producing highly focused and effective patent litigators that serve a "high quality client base." The group takes advantage from its depth of trial experience on the domestic and international scene, while a strong corporate offering ensures a healthy level of transactional matters are undertaken. The past year has seen the firm successful in a number of high value cases, in Honeywell International Inc v Hamilton Sundstrand Corp, the jury found that the patents were valid despite allegations of prior art, and the firm's client was awarded $46.58 million. Durel Corp v Osram Sylvania Inc involved obtaining the reversal of a $63 million patent judgment, and the team represented Infineon Technologies in a $3.5 million judgment against Rambus. The team also won a jury trial for Oxford Gene Technology in a 'David and Goliath' case against Efometrics. Transactional matters have included a substantial amount of work for Hitachi, such as the joint venture formation of Myriad Pyrotonics and the creation of Opnext, which handles fibre optic networks.
Clients: 3M; Hitachi; AOL; Honeywell International; Pioneer; Infineon Technologies; Lucent; Motorola; DIRECTV.
Reprinted with permission from Chamber's Global: The World's Leading Lawyers 2002-2003