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Intellectual Property

Aug. 29, 2003

Diamonds In the Rough

SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran patent litigator Douglas Derwin resigned his partnership at Weil Gotshal & Manges in 1997 to pursue what looked like the wave of the future: He would invest in startup companies by trading his legal skills for equity.

By Xenia P. Kobylarz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Veteran patent litigator Douglas Derwin resigned his partnership at Weil Gotshal & Manges in 1997 to pursue what looked like the wave of the future: He would invest in startup companies by trading his legal skills for equity.
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