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Lead counsel for Genentech against Columbia University which had demanded that Genentech license a patent for a widely used recombinant DNA technique for producing protein in a host cell.

Genentech sued the University for obviousness-type double patenting.

Mr. Quinn’s team obtained the University’s agreement to a broad covenant not to sue Genentech for past, current or future infringement of the patent or any reissued patent with the same or similar claims.


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John B. Quinn@jbqlaw

Founder @quinnemanuel, largest biz litigation firm in the world. Contemporary art champion, and father of five.

The U.S. is using tariffs to push semiconductor manufacturing onto American soil. For Korea’s chip industry, the question is what happens next.

In my latest piece for the Korea Times @koreatimescokr, I look at what the current tariff negotiations mean for Samsung and SK hynix,

Tune in to this week's re-release of Law, disrupted, where I speak with Hidetaka Mihara about how Japan's approach to corporate law and accountability differs from what we see in the US.

We discuss what the Fukushima ruling tells us about how Japan weighs corporate risk against

Continuation funds are either a way to hold on to an asset that still has room to grow, or a way to keep troubled assets on the books at stated valuations. 

Either way, the conflicts are real and regulators are paying attention.

Read more: https://www.quinnemanuel.com/the-firm/publications/client-alert-continuation-funds-come-of-age-process-conflicts-and-the-first-wave-of-disputes/

For part two of the Law, disrupted mailbag, Alexis Hyde @hydeordie put me back on the spot with more of your questions.

We cover everything, from the future of lawyers in an AI world to career advice for young litigators. Thank you for all the questions.

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I recently joined Rebecca Zung on Leverage to talk about what it takes to build the most feared litigation firm in the world. We also got into how AI is reshaping the profession and why most of Big Law is not ready for what is coming.

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For this week's episode of Law, disrupted, Alexis Hyde @hydeordie put me on the spot with a special mailbag episode answering questions from listeners.

I share my take on what makes a great litigator, why aggression isn’t always the solution, and some of the most interesting

The biggest risk is often the one you don't see.

In my latest @Forbes Business Council article, I write about what entrepreneurs get wrong about risk and what the most resilient businesses do differently.

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Tune in to this week's episode of Law, disrupted, where I speak with Daniel C. Posner and Renita N. Sharma about our victory against Amazon in the Ninth Circuit on behalf of Perplexity.

The case raised a question the courts have never had to answer before: when an AI agent acts