Who Are the Lawyers Autodesk and ODA have Arrayed Against Each Other?

Both Autodesk and the Open Design Alliance are using law firms located in Seattle, because the court action was launched in Washington State. Both sides, however, have hired heavyweight IP [intellectual property] law firms from California on a 'pro hac vice' basis.

(Pro hac vice means the California firms do not have jurisdiction in Washington, but nevertheless have asked -- and received -- permission to practice this single case.)

Autodesk is represented by Morrison & Foerster of San Francisco. The attorneys whose names appear in the legal documents are:

* Michael Jacobs -- focuses on litigation of high-technology and intellectual property matters.
* Lynn Humphreys -- focuses on trademarks.

Following Autodesk's initial law suit filing against the Open Design Alliance, the ODA added on the Silicon Valley law firm of Fenwick & West to their defense team. The lawyers whose names appear in the legal documents are:

Tyler Baker -- focuses on antitrust and intellectual property law.
Stuart Meyer -- focuses with intellectual property issyes, including technology-based litigation.
Rodger Cole -- focuses on intellectual property and commercial litigation, primarily for technology companies.
Ilana Rubel -- focuses on complex business and intellectual property litigation involving technology companies.
Ryan Marton -- focuses on intellectual property litigation and complex commercial litigation.

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[owenwengerd]

Oops, I shouldn't have but carets around that URL. Here is the link to the law blog post:
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/01/05/long-named-hollywood-law-firms-duke-it-out/

[owenwengerd]

Speaking of lawyers and law firms, your readers might get a kick out of a recent post in The Wall Street Journal Law Blog ().

The law blog has been discussing "long-named law firms". This post mentions a Hollywood Reporter, Esq. (must be a newspaper for lawyers, eh?) story about a court battle between two law firms [deep breath]: Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof & Fishman v. Hirsch Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austin Mandelbaum & Morris. Ironically, the parties were represented in court by Covington & Burling and Hughes Hubbard & Reed, respectively.