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Copyright Litigation: Software

Defended large manufacturer and reseller of telecommunications equipment against copyright infringement, breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secret claims involving Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) in numerous cases filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware; was responsible for the day-to-day conduct of all cases, took and defended numerous fact and expert depositions, and was instrumental in filing summary judgment and Daubert motions, as well as numerous other pretrial motions; all cases were settled within days of trial of lead case.

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Seven Verrill Attorneys named to Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers of 2022 List

(December 8, 2022) Verrill attorneys Ruth A. Mattson , Michael L. Fay , David M. Friedman , Regina M. Hurley , Kyle T. MacDonald , Kristin S. Doeberl and Brian M. Hurley were recently...

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Litigation Update: Jack Daniels V. Bad Spaniels. Is It Parody or Is It Trademark Infringement?

This week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in the case, Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, U.S. Doc. No. 22-148, to decide the question: Can we do that? It’s been...

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Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say…Gorelick v. Star Markets: A Study in Indemnity

Indemnity clauses in contracts are a valuable tool for allocating risk among the contracting parties, most often risk attendant to personal injury and property damage, and their effect can be far-reaching. Despite their significance...

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Elections and Constitutional Law: Successfully Challenged Certification of Initiative Petition

In a victory for consumers and the ride-hailing public, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently barred the Secretary of State from placing on the November ballot initiative petitions proposed by companies such as Uber...

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Verrill Welcomes Intellectual Property Partner Patrick Duplessis, Enhancing the Firm’s Highly Sophisticated Patent Practice

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State Trademark Registration

The United States has two levels of trademark registration: state and federal. A state trademark registration is issued by a state office and protects a trademark only in that state, whereas a federal trademark...

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