News & Press Releases

Mintz Member and Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud, Members James Wodarski and Daniel Weinger, and Associate Kara Grogan co-authored an article published by IPWatchdog that critiques an article recently published in the University of San Diego Law titled “Glory Days: Do the Anticompetitive Risks of Standards-Essential Patent Pools Outweigh Their Procompetitive Benefits?,” which criticized patent pools, alleging inefficiencies and anticompetitive risks of pools for standard essential patents.

In an article published by Law360, Vice President of ML Strategies Christian Fjeld was quoted on how the 2020 election could reshape the communications industry, specifically with regards to leadership on relevant congressional committees and the possibility of reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

The American Lawyer and The Recorder reported that Mintz has added Erin Natter, Daniel Guggenheim and Michael Soejoto as Members in the firm’s Real Estate Practice in Los Angeles.

In Managing IP, Mintz Member James Wodarski was quoted on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to deny certiorari in TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and its potential impact on companies’ standard essential patent licensing and litigation strategies.

Mintz Member and Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud, Members James Wodarski and Daniel Weinger, and Associate Kara Grogan co-authored an article published by IPWatchdog examining patent pools, an elective market mechanism designed to provide benefits to both innovators and implementers.

Mintz Member Larry Naughton was quoted extensively in an article published by the Association for Corporate Growth’s Middle Market Growth magazine on how many U.S. companies are considering “reshoring,” or bringing parts of their supply chains back to the United States, particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.