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Intellectual Property

Jan. 3, 2009

Patent Pending: Reform Eludes IP

While the legal industry was rattled as the economy drifted into recession and then a shock, intellectual property attorneys felt comparatively secure during 2008 in the knowledge that their skills would remain needed. "The market for patents has started to get real traction," said James Pooley, a Palo Alto-based partner at Morrison & Foerster.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - While the legal industry was rattled as the economy drifted into recession and then a shock, intellectual property attorneys felt comparatively secure during 2008 in the knowledge that their skills would remain needed.

Without major U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the horizon, attorneys identified a variety of interesting developments, trends, and rulings that captured the attention of IP pra...

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