Media Mentions

2008

McDermott Will & Emery's Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department was featured in IP Law360 on September 3.  The article discusses the Intellectual Property Department, highlights some of the Firm's recent accomplishments and includes comments on some of the trends of IP.  To view the entire article click here.

Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech, Patent Prosecution


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


Terrence P. McMahon was quoted in the August 4 issue of The Recorder in an article regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's removal of U.S. District Judge Manuel Real from a patent infringement case.  The Federal Circuit threw out Microsoft's 2006 win over Research Corporation Technologies (RCT), reversing Real's decision declaring RCT's patents unenforceable and tossing his orders that found the patents invalid and non-infringing.  Mr. McMahon, who represented RCT before Judge Real, said he was happy to get a new judge on the case.  "It was clear that he had a point of view and we disagreed with it – we tried the case and he cut us off at every pass.  I've never had something like this in my whole career, and I hope I never do again,"  he said.  "A new day has dawned.  Everything that Judge Real did has been erased," he added.

 

Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech


2007

Gordon Greenberg, Terrence McMahon and James Sanders have been recongnized in the Who's Who Legal: California 2007 edition.  Who’s Who Legal: California recognizes 725 leading private practitioners in 25 distinct practice areas.  James Sanders and Gordon Greenberg have been recognized for their business crime practice, while Terrence McMahon has been recognized for his patent practice.

Gordon A. Greenberg, Terrence P. McMahon, James L. Sanders, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Trial


Terrence P. McMahon and William Gaede were featured in the February 2007 issue of IP Law & Business in a two-page article, "Trial Tips: In the race to develop a new drug for juvenile growth disorder, did Insmed rely on Genentech's patents?" This article discusses the closely watched biotechnology case, Genentech Inc. et al. v. Insmed Incorporated et al., the history of the patent battle for co-plaintiffs Genentech and Tercica, and the trial strategies employed by the McDermott team for Firm client Tercica.

William Gaede, Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech, Trial


2006

Terrence P. McMahon was profiled in the November issue of American Lawyer in regard to his representation of Creative Technology, Ltd. in its lawsuit against Apple Computer, Inc.  The article, "Top of the Docket: McDermott's Jury Master," was part of the Big Suits column which also featured the litigation.

Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech


Michael Anthony, Bobby Burchfield, Gordon Greenberg, Christopher Jedrey, Ray Lupo, Terry McMahon, Michael Pope, Richard Smith and Jeffrey Stone will be recognized in the fall edition of Lawdragon magazine on its annual survey of the top 500 lawyers in the United States, the Lawdragon 500.

Michael F. Anthony, Bobby R. Burchfield, Gordon A. Greenberg, Christopher M. Jedrey, Raphael V. Lupo, Terrence P. McMahon, Michael A. Pope PC, Richard W. Smith, Jeffrey E. Stone, Corporate, Health, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Trial


Dan Alberti, Fred Chilton, Anthony de Alcuaz, Dave Dolkas, Vera Elson, Matt Jacobs and Terry McMahon were named 2006 Northern California Super Lawyers—top lawyers chosen by their peers through independent research performed by Law & Politics magazine.

Daniel E. Alberti, Frederick Chilton, Anthony de Alcuaz, David Henry Dolkas, Vera M. Elson, Matthew J. Jacobs, Terrence P. McMahon


2005

Terry McMahon was named among the top 30 IP lawyers in the state of California, published on May 2 in the Daily Journal EXTRA.

Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology


Terry McMahon and Vera Elson were quoted in the May issue of Patent Litigation Reporter in regard to Extreme Networks' patent victory against Lucent Technologies.  "We are very thankful," commented Mr. McMahon.  "It was a very smart, careful jury."  The jury's verdict was a "victory for the little guy," according to Mr. McMahon.  Vera commented that "Lucent missed the boat," with the technology it chose to pursue.

Vera M. Elson, Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Legislation - IP, Media & Tech, Trial


2004

Terry McMahon was recognized as one of the "Best in the West," in an article published in the August 2004 issue of California Lawyer.  The article which featured California's leading business lawyers in a range of practice areas was a result of a collaboration between California Lawyer and Chambers & Partners, the London-based publishing company that annually ranks lawyers by practice as a result of in-depth interviews with clients and peers.  Mr. McMahon was one of three lawyers recognized in the area of IP.

Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech


2003

Terry McMahon was listed as one of California's top intellectual property lawyers in the cover story, "Think Big," which ran in the Daily Journal EXTRA on February 24.  Mr. McMahon, who was among 25 IP lawyers recognized, was noted for both his success in the courtroom on big ticket IP litigation and his efforts to help build the Firm's IP practice.  Click here to see an excerpt.

Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech


2002

Terry McMahon was quoted the October 2 issue of The National Law Journal in article examining whether jurors and their reactions to particular cases have been altered since September 11th.  Mr. McMahon commented on his own experience in the courtroom following 9/11, saying he was worried that the new found patriotism could upset the case he was working on in December (Intel Corp. v. Broadcom Corp.).  This was a similar reaction for various lawyers even though the facts of the cases had nothing to do with foreigners.

Terrence P. McMahon, Trial


Terry McMahon and the Firm's West Coast IP Group were profiled on the front page of the March 14 issue of the San Francisco Daily Journal. Mr. McMahon, whose continued success in the courtroom is expounded upon by multiple third parties, was called the "Go-To Guy in the Valley for Intellectual Property." The article highlights McDermott's IP practice by mentioning the Firm's recent successes, client-base and recruitment of leading lawyers.

Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech, Trial


Terry McMahon was profiled in "A New Meaning for 'Win-tel'" in the March issue of American Lawyer. Included with the Big Suits report on the Intel v. Broadcom case, the article focused on Terry's 3-0 patent litigation record against Intel.

Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech, Trial


Terry McMahon was profiled as one of the "biggest ripples in the lateral pond" (2001) in the February 2002 issue of American Lawyer.

Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech

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