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Patent reexaminations gain popularity, despite their risks

A few years ago, defense attorneys faced with infringement lawsuits rarely tried to get plaintiffs' patents invalidated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Today, it's increasingly common to ask that the patents get a second look.

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Carlo F. Van den Bosch

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Orange County

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Bryan Wahl

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP Irvine Patent prosecutor/portfolio manager

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Howard B. Miller

Girardi Keese Los Angeles

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Ben Hattenbach

Irell & Manella LLP Los Angeles

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Geoffrey M. Howard

Bingham McCutchen LLP San Francisco

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G. Hopkins Guy III

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Menlo Park

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Charles K. Verhoeven

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP San Francisco

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Peter J. Yim

Morrison & Foerster LLP San Francisco

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Wayne Barsky

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Century City

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Erik R. Puknys

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Palo Alto

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John Allcock

DLA Piper LLP San Diego

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Gary A. Clark

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Los Angeles

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Susan E. Hollander

K&L Gates LLP Palo Alto

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Jeffrey D. Goldman

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP Los Angeles

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Russell J. Frackman

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Los Angeles

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Michael A. Jacobs

Morrison & Foerster LLP San Francisco

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Edward R. Reines

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Redwood Shores

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Douglas E. Lumish

Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP Redwood Shores

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Mark A. Lemley

Durie Tangri LLP / Stanford Law School San Francisco

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Rachel Krevans

Morrison & Foerster LLP San Francisco

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Elliot R. Peters

Keker & Van Nest LLP San Francisco

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Dennis L. Wilson

Keats McFarland & Wilson LLP Beverly Hills

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Robert A. Van Nest

Robert A. Van Nest Keker & Van Nest LLP San Francisco

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Robert L. Kovelman

Steptoe & Johnson LLP Century City

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Catherine M. Polizzi

Morrison & Foerster LLP Palo Alto Portfolio manager/patent prosecution

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Craig P. Opperman

DLA Piper LLP Silicon Valley Portfolio manager/patent prosecutor

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Karin Pagnanelli

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Los Angeles Litigator

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Ian C. Ballon

Greenberg Traurig LLP Silicon Valley and Los Angeles

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Adam Alper

Kirkland & Ellis LLP San Francisco

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Bill Abrams

Bingham McCutchen LLP Silicon Valley

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Hans R. Troesch

Fish & Richardson P.C. Silicon Valley

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Michael Shuster

Fenwick & West LLP San Francisco

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Nan Wu

Cooley LLP San Francisco

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Michael J. Wise

Perkins Coie LLP Los Angeles

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Michael R. Ward

Morrison & Foerster LLP San Francisco

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Vern Norviel

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC Palo Alto Portfolio management/patent prosecutor

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Kate H. Murashige

Morrison & Foerster LLP San Diego

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Salima Merani

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Irvine Patent prosecutor/portfolio manager

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Joe Liebeschuetz

Alston & Bird LLP Menlo Park

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Viola Kung

Perkins Coie LLP Palo Alto

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Anthony M. Insogna

Jones Day San Diego

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Robert Hulse

Fenwick & West LLP San Francisco

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Susan L. Heller

Greenberg Traurig LLP Santa Monica

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John V. Hanley

Steptoe & Johnson LLP Century City

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Lisa A. Haile

DLA Piper LLP San Diego

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Craig Gelfound

Arent Fox LLP Los Angeles

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David A. Gay

Jones Day San Diego

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Ginger R. Dreger

Arnold & Porter LLP Silicon Valley/San Francisco Portfolio manager/patent prosecutor

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Michelle A. Cooke

Steptoe & Johnson LLP Century City

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Jorge R. Arciniega

McDermott Will & Emery LLP Los Angeles

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Claude M. Stern

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP Silicon Valley

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M. Patricia Thayer

Sidley Austin LLP San Francisco

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Steven M. Strauss

Cooley LLP San Diego

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Gail Standish

Winston & Strawn LLP Los Angeles

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Ron E. Shulman

Latham & Watkins LLP Silicon Valley

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Stefani E. Shanberg

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC Palo Alto

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Mark D. Selwyn

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Palo Alto

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Kelli L. Sager

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Los Angeles

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Mark D. Rowland

Ropes & Gray LLP Silicon Valley

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George Riley

O-Melveny & Myers LLP San Francisco

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Joseph R. Re

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Irvine

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Jeffrey G. Randall

Paul Hastings LLP Palo Alto

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Gabriel M. Ramsey

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Menlo Park Intellectual property litigation

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Laurence F. Pulgram

Fenwick & West LLP San Francisco

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Adrian Pruetz

Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP Los Angeles Intellectual property litigator

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Matthew D. Powers

Tensegrity Law Group LLP Redwood Shores

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Chris R. Ottenweller

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Menlo Park

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Jeffrey E. Ostrow

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Palo Alto Intellectual property litigation/transactions

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Kenneth L. Nissly

O'Melveny & Myers LLP Menlo Park

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Aaron J. Moss

Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP Los Angeles Litigator

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Terrence P. McMahon

McDermott Will & Emery LLP Menlo Park

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Harold J. McElhinny

Morrison & Foerster LLP San Francisco

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Kelly M. Klaus

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Los Angeles

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Christopher W. Kennerly

Baker Botts LLP Palo Alto

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Randall E. Kay

Jones Day San Diego

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Jonathan Kagan

Irell & Manella LLP Los Angeles

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Ronald L. Johnston

Arnold & Porter LLP Los Angeles

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Daniel Johnson Jr.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP San Francisco

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Andrei Iancu

Irell & Manella LLP Los Angeles

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Julie M. Holloway

Latham & Watkins LLP Menlo Park

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David Grossman

Loeb & Loeb LLP Los Angeles

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Lisa Greenwald-Swire

Fish & Richardson Redwood City

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Martin R. Glick

Arnold & Porter LLP San Francisco

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Bobby Ghajar

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Los Angeles

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Thomas J. Friel Jr.

Cooley LLP San Francisco

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Jeffrey M. Fisher

Farella Braun & Martel LLP San Francisco

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Daralyn J. Durie

Durie Tangri LLP San Francisco

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Robert Dickerson

Dickstein Shapiro LLP Los Angeles

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Richard de Bodo

DLA Piper Los Angeles Patent litigation

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Luke Dauchot

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Los Angeles

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Morgan Chu

Irell & Manella LLP Los Angeles

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I. Neel Chatterjee

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Menlo Park Intellectual property litigation

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Yar R. Chaikovsky

McDermott Will & Emery LLP Menlo Park

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Juanita R. Brooks

Fish & Richardson P.C. San Diego

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Andrew P. Bridges

Fenwick & West LLP San Francisco

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David Bloch

Winston & Strawn LLP San Francisco

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Michael J. Bettinger

K&L Gates LLP San Francisco Patent

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Vince Belusko

Morrison & Foerster LLP Los Angeles

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James R. Batchelder

Ropes & Gray LLP Silicon Valley

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David H. Kramer

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC Palo Alto