Media Mentions
2008
On September 1 McDermott Will & Emery was profiled in The National Law Journal in an article titled, "McDermott's IP litigation team tallies jury trial wins." The article highlights McDermott's intellectual property litigation team including, Sarah Columbia, Joel Freed, Terry McMahon and Fay Morisseau, "rack[ing] up five mainly favorable jury trial verdicts in the course of five months in five different federal districts." The article notes, "...[I]t's an unusual string of results in an era when most cases don't even go to trial. The trials took place in federal courts in California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Texas and Wisconsin." Mr. Morisseau commented, "What we do better than anyone else in the country is we work across offices to pull the people with the skills needed and we are not hesitant to take a case to trial."
Sarah Chapin Columbia, Joel M. Freed, Terrence P. McMahon, Fay Morisseau, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech
Sarah Chapin Columbia was quoted in the August 15 issue of IP Law360 in an article discussing the Firm's recent addition of Dr. Robert Underwood to its Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department. Regarding Dr. Robert Underwood, Ms. Columbia commented, "He is a highly skilled lawyer and the wide range of experience he brings with him is a significant addition to our firm-wide patent prosecution and life sciences practices, as well as a strong supplement to our overall Boston intellectual property practice."
Sarah Chapin Columbia, Robert H. Underwood, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Life Sciences - IP, Patent Prosecution
Sarah Chapin Columbia was quoted in the June 6 issue of the Boston Business Journal in an article regarding the decreasing number of IP-related lawsuits going to trial in Massachusetts due to the belief that other venues offer speedier resolution. Some Massachusetts companies are opting to file in other federal courts where, for example, the court may have a record of being plaintiff-friendly or may offer a faster trial. "There's a lot of venue shopping going on," Ms. Columbia said.
Sarah Chapin Columbia, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech
