Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

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Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is a full-service international law firm with more than 500 attorneys in nine offices across the globe: Atlanta and Augusta, GA; Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, NC; New York, NY; Washington, DC; Stockholm, Sweden and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Kilpatrick Stockton's delivery of innovative business solutions provides results-oriented counsel for corporations, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. Collaboration among Kilpatrick Stockton's corporate, tax, employment and employee benefit attorneys provides knowledgeable and proactive guidance for companies at every stage of the business life cycle.

General Practice including Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Arbitration and Mediation, Aviation, Banking, Business Transactions, Charitable Foundations, Communications, Construction Law, Copyright, Corporations, Creditors' Rights, Criminal Defense and Special Matters, Employee Benefits, Entertainment, Environmental and Natural Resources, Finance, Financial Restructuring, Franchising, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Health Care, Health and Life Sciences, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Arbitration, International Business, Labor and Employment, Latin American, Litigation, Medical Malpractice Defense, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Finance, Patent, Patent Litigation, Probate, Products Liability Litigation, Public Utility, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Technology, Trademark, Trust and Estates, and Unfair Competition.

Challenge to Legality of Gene Patents May Proceed
Charles W. Calkins, Jennifer Giordano-Coltart, Leslie T. Grab, Jamie L. Greene, November 20, 2009
Gene related patents have been a cornerstone of the biotechnology industry for the past thirty years. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted thousands of patents related to human genes and their use in the detection of human diseases. The Association for Molecular...

Internal Reorganization Results in Improper Assignment of Software License Agreement with Damage Award of Almost Half Million Dollars
Rosaleen H. Chou, Stephen W. Feingold, November 20, 2009
Internal reorganizations are not at all uncommon and usually are viewed as relatively simple transactions with few implications for a company's intellectual property. A recent decision by the Sixth Circuit, Cincom v. Novelis, 581 F.3d 431 (6th Cir. 2009), is a reminder of why it is important, even...

Department Of Homeland Security Revokes Its Rule on "No-Match Letters"
James H. Coil, David C. Lindsay, Louis W. Doherty, October 13, 2009
After two years of controversy and litigation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on October 7, 2009 that it is rescinding a 2007 rule addressing so-called "no-match letters" from the federal government that call the employment eligibility of certain employees into...

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