Media Mentions
2009
Terrence McMahon was quoted in The Recorder on November 23 concerning a U.S. Magistrate Judge’s reversal of his own preliminary injunction, which initially went against his client in a patent infringement case. The judge said that after more briefing by both sides he decided against issuing the injunction, leading Mr. McMahon to comment: “We said we were going to pursue this vigorously and we did. We are extremely pleased.”
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
2008
Terrence P. McMahon was quoted on November 5 by Law360 in an article regarding a ruling from Judge Barbara B. Crabb in which she granted part of Extreme Networks' request for a permanent injunction against Enterasys Networks. The court ordered Enterasys to stop selling three types of routers that were found to infringe Extreme patents. "That was our real focus, so we're delighted with the judge's ruling in that regard, and this was indeed a hard-fought case on both sides," said Mr. McMahon.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
Terrence P. McMahon was quoted in the October 13 issue of The Daily Business Review in an article regarding the effect of the financial crisis on companies and their patent assets. Mr. McMahon noted that many companies are reviewing their patent assets, looking for new ways to make money and to ensure that assets are protected from rivals. "They're looking at their patent portfolios to monetize them or to make them a source of profits," said Mr. McMahon.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property
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, IP Litigation, 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, IP Litigation
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, IP Litigation
2007
Gordon Greenberg and Terrence McMahon 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. Gordon Greenberg has been recognized for his business crime practice, while Terrence McMahon has been recognized for his patent practice.
Gordon A. Greenberg, Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, 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, IP Litigation, 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, IP Litigation
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, 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
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, IP Legislation, 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, IP Litigation
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, IP Litigation
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.
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, IP Litigation, 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, IP Litigation, Trial
Terry McMahon was profiled as one of the "biggest ripples in the lateral pond" (2001) in the February 2002 issue of American Lawyer.
