Zuber Lawler is proud to announce that it has been ranked #1 in Law360’s recent law firm diversity survey 2021 Diversity Snapshot, and boasts greater diversity in its equity ranks than all other law firms participating in the survey. The survey shows that the U.S. legal industry as a whole continues to struggle with a…
Zuber Lawler assisted Houston-based investment bank and crypto expert Entoro Capital, which has partnered with private equity firm Valhil Capital to create an NFT that has been sold as a security. Valhil Capital underwrote the sale and Entoro Capital acted as a broker-dealer. Entoro raffled off nine of the ten minted NFTs based on a…
By: Jennifer C. Kuhn, Partner The Federal Circuit issued a mandamus order transferring Brazos Licensing’s patent litigations against Juniper Network from the Western District of Texas, Waco Division (Albight J.) to the Northern District of California for convenience under 28 U.S.C. section 1404(a): http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions-orders/21-160.ORDER.9-24-2021_1839676.pdf Witness Convenience is paramount, even if testimony time is limited: The…
On October 26, 2020, the Hon. Joseph R. Brisco (Ret.) awarded Zuber Lawler clients over $65 million after an arbitration over the breach of a cannabis licensing and distribution contract, as well as related business torts. The specifics of the underlying deal concerned a license and distribution arrangement for The Weekend Box, an immensely popular…
Two Zuber Lawler partners made major contributions to the American Bar Association’s long-awaited publication of “Building the Rule of Law: Firsthand Accounts From a Thirty-Year Global Campaign”, a comprehensive account of the ABA’s global rule of law programs. These programs were first initiated by the ABA’s Central and Eastern Europe Law Initiative, launched when the Berlin Wall fell…
Portland Engineering Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Thompson Duke Industrial, LLC, (collectively “Portland Engineering”) announce that they have entered into a settlement agreement with Canadian defendants ATG Pharma Inc. and Advanced Integrated Robotics Inc. (collectively “ATG Pharma”), ending the patent disputes between the companies. Portland Engineering had filed a patent infringement action against ATG Pharma…
Zuber Lawler gratefully announces the addition of Asia-focused IP litigation partner Grace Pan to its New York office. “Grace Pan is an internationally-recognized attorney in relation to intellectual property matters with a nexus with Asia, particularly Taiwan, China, and Japan,” says Managing Partner Tom Zuber. “My partners and I are thrilled to incorporate her incredible…
Zuber Lawler represented DLT Element LLC, Distributed Ledger Technologies, LLC, and related entities, in the sale of assorted assets including rights to revenue derived from Bitcoin mining activities, equity and derivative securities and digital assets including tokens, SAFTs and rights to receive tokens pursuant to smart-contract lock-up release to Element ASA, a Norwegian entity listed…
Zuber Lawler gratefully announces the addition of Austin-based intellectual property litigator Jennifer Kuhn, and the opening of its new office in Austin, Texas. “Austin is the new technology capital of the United States, and as a technology-focused law firm, my partners and I have decided that we must have an office there,” says the firm’s…
Redbubble is a global online marketplace platform, on which third-party artists upload and sell creative designs on everyday products such as apparel, phone cases, stickers, and the like. LTTB claimed that some of the listings on Redbubble infringed its “Lettuce Turnip the Beet” trademark by prominently displaying that pun in large fonts across t-shirts and…
