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A Patent Lie
by: Paul Goldstein

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780385517188
ISBN: 0385517181
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: June 17, 2008
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Sales Rank: 54724
Studio: Doubleday

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Forced out of his high-powered Manhattan law firm and stuck in a dead-end solo practice, Michael Seeley, the tough-but-wounded hero of Errors and Omissions, cannot say no when his estranged brother, Leonard, head of research at upstart biotech Vaxtek, Inc., flies in from California to beg him to take over the company’s lawsuit for patent infringement of its pathbreaking AIDS vaccine after the sudden death of the lead trial lawyer. The financial and moral stakes of the case are staggering, and Seeley suspects that murder cannot be ruled out as a hardball litigation tactic of big-pharma adversary St. Gall Laboratories.

As Seeley travels between San Francisco and Silicon Valley to prepare for trial, dark facts surface concerning the vaccine’s discovery by Vaxtek scientist Alan Steinhardt and its alleged theft by St. Gall researcher Lily Warren. Ethical quandaries deepen into mortal danger as the trial, under the stern prodding of federal judge Ellen Farnsworth, rushes to its unexpected end. A timely and fascinating look at how the law operates at its most arcane yet financially consequential, A Patent Lie is further evidence that Paul Goldstein is an emerging master of the legal thriller.

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- Didn't meet expectations
Warning - may contain spoilers
After reading the reviews, I opened the book expecting a courtroom drama combined with a murder case, pharmaceuticals, Intellectual Property and patents. What I found was a mashup of middling courtroom drama, some information on the AIDS epidemic in Africa and why patents are important to pharmaceutical companies. Oh - also some attempt at adding a murder mystery that we don't really have a hand in or a chance to follow. The murder is finally solved by the police in the one of the last pages. There's no `meat' to it.
Nothing in the story seems to *matter*, really. The hero does the right thing and his brother, who will be financially ruined by this, is just OK with it. The love interest could be deported for doing the right thing, and seems OK with it. There are a lot of misses in this, and to me, nothing really `clicked'.

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- Patent law for the non-professional
"A Patent Lie" is an excellent read. A trial lawyer from Buffalo is brought to San Francisco on short notice to try a patent law case. The plot is well crafted, including many of the nuances peculiar to patent litigation, but without lapsing into legalese or dwelling on arcane legal procedure.

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- Gripping, good explanations of patent law - but no Markman! - mostly unrealistic female characters
Just finished this book today. I'm not sure if I devoured this book so quickly because of its story or because I'm a patent attorney (perhaps a little of both). The story and plot twists to me are almost worthy of Grisham, as is the explanations of patent law "to the masses". The characters themselves seem to be a little stereotypical, and for those patent attorneys who think this book makes them heroes, think again. The only patent attorney character given a voice in this book comes across initially as somewhat conceited, and later as barely ethical (he admits to following a client's order to not submit art to the USPTO "that would be material to an examiner"- a disciplinary risk that no patent attorney I know would take without subsequently withdrawing from the case, which this patent attorney does not do), although he does redeem himself.

I found it surprising that no mention is made of any Markman ... Read More

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- Very good read
Full of intriguing details about the patent business and the laws that apply, this book is very difficult to put down once you begin reading. I hope it's the first of many starring this lawyer

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