Russ August & Kabat Partner Irene Y. Lee’s article is published by IP Law360 October 2018
Russ August & Kabat partner, Irene Y. Lee‘s, article, “Issues High Court Will Explore in Copyright Registration Case” was published by IP Law360 on October 08, 2018. “Soon the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, a case that could significantly affect how artists and companies strategize to protect copyrights,” says Irene Lee of Russ August & Kabat. Read the article.
Russ August & Kabat partner, Bennett A. Bigman’s, article, “Down the Stairway to Heaven, and into District Court” was published by the Daily Journal on October 08, 2018.
Russ, August & Kabat attorneys Benjamin T. Wang, Jacob R. Buczko and Christian Conkle won a jury verdict of patent infringement for client, Nanology Alpha LLC. The asserted patent, U.S. Patent No. 5,756,997, is directed to a scanning probe/optical microscope used in atomic force microscopy to study materials at the nanoscopic scale, and was invented by Victor B. Kley, a pioneer in the field of microscopy who holds over 100 patents. Defendant WITec is a leading German manufacturer of scanning probe microscopes.
In pretrial rulings, the District Court rejected each of WITec’s invalidity defenses, narrowing the eventual trial solely to the issues of infringement and damages. After a four day trial, the eight member jury returned a verdict of infringement in favor of Nanology, and awarded damages equivalent to a 5% royalty for WITec’s infringement.
Russ August & Kabat Partner, Jean Y. Rhee, who has been recognized as a 2018 Southern California Top 100 Rising Stars and named to the Top 50 Southern California Rising Stars Women’s Edition, was interviewed in the 2018 Super Lawyers Rising Stars magazine.
Rising Stars are the top 2.5% percent of attorneys in each state, under 40 years old and/or who have been practicing for 10 years or less, as chosen by their peers and through an independent research. The Rising Stars process is designed to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Rising Stars is a comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys, representing a wide range of practice areas, firm sizes and geographic locations. Read More
Russ August & Kabat is proud of Arka D. Chatterjee, Nathan D. Meyer, Reza Mirzaie, Jean Y. Rhee, Diana A. Sanders, Philip X. Wang, Shani M. Williams and Ashley R. Yeargan, who have been recognized as 2018 Southern California Rising Stars by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine. In addition, Nathan D. Meyer, Reza Mirzaie and Jean Y. Rhee were recognized as a Southern California Top 100 Rising Stars and Jean Y. Rhee was named to the Top 50 Southern California Rising Stars Women’s Edition. See Article.
Russ August & Kabat Adds New Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity Department JUNE 2018
Russ August & Kabat proudly announces that we have added a new Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity Department. Christine S. Shin will Chair the practice group, which includes Larry C. Russ, Rick L. August, Jules L. Kabat, Andrew W. Gross, Peter R. Hurm and Branden M. Clary. Read More.