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Intellectual Property

Apr. 6, 2011

Michael G. Rhodes

Litigator Cooley LLP San Francisco/San Diego Technology


Michael G. Rhodes


Cooley LLP


San Francisco/San Diego


Patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets


Rhodes is well-known for his surfing prowess, but he also made a splash for Facebook, Inc. last July in its first jury trial.


He and fellow partner Heidi L. Keefe successfully convinced an eight-person jury in federal court in Wilmington, Del. that a Leader Technologies Inc. patent was invalid. Leader sued Facebook...

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