- Cost Predictability Combined with Strategic, Aggressive Patent Prosecution is Key to Successful Global Patent Portfolio Management
Where we started: Our client, a multinational developer and manufacturer of specialty chemicals, ranks among the top three product suppliers, and in one case the top product supplier, in the world in its primary business segments. The company demands excellence in the crafting of its patent procurement strategy and global patent procurement activities, to protectMore
- Knowing the Intricacies of State Law Made the Difference in Obtaining Dismissal of a Disability Discrimination Charge
Where we started: Our client, a national chemical manufacturing company, had an employee with multiple and recurring performance issues. He also had a complicated medical history which included episodes of mental illness. Though these incidents required absence from work for medical treatment, his physician routinely released him to resume work without any limitations. After theMore
- Timing Is Key: Recognizing How and When to Seize Opportunities and Enter a Market and How and When to Sell Assets and Exit a Market
Where we started: One of our clients, a prominent investor in the offshore oil and gas industries, had acquired two accommodation vessels. These crafts moor next to rigs or platforms and serve as floating hotels for offshore workers, meeting an essential need in the production of energy. One of the largest and most prominent New York-basedMore
- Both Legal and Technical Prowess Required to Achieve a Positive Outcome in Patent Interference Challenge Involving Work by Nobel-Winning Scientist
Where we started: Our intellectual property lawyers represent a major university’s research and technology foundation, performing chemical patent work on its behalf. During the course of our work for the foundation, it encountered a patent interference challenge from another institution based upon work done by a Nobel-winning scientist. While our client maintained relationships with several otherMore
- Careful Investigation, Cooperation with Regulators, and Finding the Real Guilty Party Clears Client from Government Action in HAZMAT Probe – At No Cost
Where we started: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Ohio EPA brought allegations that our client, a large military defense contractor, illegally disposed of hazardous waste material in a residential area in Ohio. After these agencies notified the contractor’s legal department and management team of an impending enforcement action, theyMore
- Getting Royalty Interests Right: Appeal Preserves Longstanding Industry Interpretations of Mineral Interests
Where we started: Our client, a global petrochemical company, was the holder of an overriding royalty interest (ORRI) valued at hundreds of millions of dollars on an oil field on the outer continental shelf adjacent to Louisiana. After years of litigation, a federal district court held that the mineral instruments creating the ORRI did notMore
