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Have an Idea? What about a Patent?

Insights August 17, 2011

I’m a patent attorney. As a result, I get a lot of questions from people about patents. Questions like: “Do you think this idea is patentable?”; “Do I need to hire an attorney?”; or “How much will it cost to file a patent?” I’ve always enjoyed interacting with inventors. They are often very excited about…

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Google and Motorola: Concentrating Attention on Concentrated Power

Insights August 16, 2011

Google is one of the worlds most intriguing companies.  From its humble beginnings as a search engine company, Google has leveraged its mastery of the elusive formula for monetizing web traffic into a force capable of tangling with China—making it considerably stronger than our own State Department by some measures.  Its recent announcement that it plans to acquire Motorola Mobile makes…

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The Policy-Driven Gold Rush

Insights August 13, 2011

Gold has a long history of being many things to many people.  To some, it is a shiny bauble, to others a commodity, and to still others a currency.  To financial economists, gold is the traditional hedge against inflation.  This month, however, it appears to have assumed a new role: The gold market is now the…

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Repercussions of the S&P U.S. Credit Rating Downgrade for OTC Market Participants

Insights Repercussions of the S&P U.S. Credit Rating Downgrade for OTC Market Participants Robin Powers · August 11, 2011

On August 5, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) announced that it downgraded the United States to a AA+ rating from its longstanding AAA status. The immediate effects of S&P’s downgrade are likely to be modest, largely because it was expected and at least partly discounted in advance. But for participants in the derivatives markets, the downgrade…

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PAABA CLE Event – Legal Ethics of Cloud Computing

News August 3, 2011

August 10, 2011 at 11:45AM-1:00PM @ K&L Gates, 630 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 On August 10, Rimon’s Yaacov Silberman will present a CLE class to members and guests of the Palo Alto Bar Association on the legal ethics of cloud computing. This seminar explores the legal ethics of relying on cloud technologies for interfacing with…

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Rimon PC Opens New Virginia Office With Addition of Partner Phillip Quatrini

News August 3, 2011

Tysons Corner, VA – August 3, 2011 – Rimon P.C., an international corporate law firm, announced today that Phillip Quatrini will launch a Rimon office in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and will join the firm’s start-up and technology practice groups. For more than 15 years, Quatrini practiced with the Washington, D.C. office of Bryan Cave, where…

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Dodd-Frank: Highlights & Implications

Insights Dodd-Frank: Highlights & Implications Robin Powers · August 2, 2011

When Dodd-Frank was signed into law on July 21, 2010, it was the just the beginning of a very long process.  The Act came in at over 2,000 pages, but left the majority of the work – roughly 400 rules or studies – to 30 different federal agencies. Only 49 of the mandated rules have…

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Media Industry Strikes Back at Online Infringement

Insights July 18, 2011

This blog originally appeared on the Wiliam Galkin’s Law Blog. It’s no secret that piracy of music and movies over the Internet is rampant and costs industry billions of dollars annually. Most people involved in this activity are not hardened criminals, and if asked, will probably admit that it is a technical violation of the law,…

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Charge for Value not Time: Why Alternative Fee Arrangements Make Sense

Insights Charge for Value not Time: Why Alternative Fee Arrangements Make Sense Michael Moradzadeh · July 18, 2011

A business is defined by what it sells. A fairly obvious proposition, one would think. Well, then, what is it that law firms sell? The obvious answer should be solutions to legal problems. But, too many law firms are not in the business of selling those services, they are oddly in the business of selling…

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Dodd-Frank 30 Day Countdown: Dodd-Frank is here

Insights Dodd-Frank 30 Day Countdown: Dodd-Frank is here Robin Powers · July 16, 2011

July 16 has Arrived… And the world hasn’t ended. More importantly, the financial sector hasn’t gone into a state of meltdown.  While we will continue to watch as rules are debated, agency heads speak before Congress, and press releases are circulated, it is important to note that the implications of Dodd-Frank’s July 16 deadline had…

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