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How to Get More Business When Patent Litigation Filings are Down

Lawyers often wonder how to enhance their marketability and in the process, generate more revenue or improve their image.   After all, success at a firm is about “revenue generation.”  Success in a corporation or in the government also depends on your credibility and your ability to be a “go-to” person within the company or government agency.   To be a successful lawyer, you need to have a brand.  I explain below 6 easy ways to make your mark… Law firms are fighting for a smaller pool of work and as a result, are required to compete for that work at more competitive rates. If you want to get the work and charge higher rates, there must be a reason for the client to hire you. In other words, it’s your brand that counts.

Ropes & Gray Seeks Dismissal of Patent Malpractice Lawsuit

On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, Ropes & Gray filed a motion seeking to dismiss a malpractice claim brought against the firm by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). The complaint filed against Ropes & Gray also names patent attorney Matthew P. Vincent, who allegedly engaged in plagiarism by copying 11 pages of text from a patent application filed by another scientist, Dr. Andrew Fire. CSHL alleged that the copying of this material led to the United States Patent and Trademark Office concluding that the work of Dr. Hannon (of CSHL) was indistinguishable from Dr. Fire’s work and, therefore, unpatentable. The problem with this theory, as was pointed out in the Ropes & Gray motion to dismiss, copying text out of other patents and patent applications is done all the time.