Russ August & Kabat is proud of Irene Y. Lee and Benjamin T. Wang, who have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2019 list of Most Influential Minority Lawyers. With Los Angeles being the melting pot that it is, it is a great honor, and Irene Y. Lee and Benjamin T. Wang, were among some stellar company. Read the article.
Russ August & Kabat Partner, Irene Y. Lee, a leading Intellectual Property lawyer in the region, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Business Journal for her assessment of the current state of IP legislation, the new rules of copyright protection, licensing and technology, and the various trends that she’s been observing, and in some cases, driving. Read the article.
Russ August & Kabat partner, Bennett A. Bigman‘s, article, “The Details are in the Devil in this Copyright Lawsuit” was published by the Daily Journal on November 13, 2018.
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.