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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.6 EAN: 9780385517188 Edition: 1 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 Studio: Doubleday Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - author improvingA more focused novel than predesessor and stronger writing. You do not need to read the previous novel to enjoy this one. The protagonist is difficult to like except as a decent person and ethical one. He lacks the expansion of personal involvement with others on a human level. The writing seemed to me to be at less 'arm's length' and more an expression of the writer. The detachment of the author seems to be both weakness and strength - perhaps due to legal training.A Patent Lie Rating: - Too Much IndignationProfessor Goldstein writes well and tells an interesting story of the protagonist. The larger story, though, turns on what an academic lawyer might think worthy of ethical outrage but, to this real world lawyer of 30+ years of practicing, is not. The author's central theme would be fine if it had some relationship with the real world of hardball litigation involving large companies. The indignation counted upon is just not credible. Rating: - Didn't meet expectationsWarning - 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 ... Read More Rating:  - 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. Rating:  - Gripping, good explanations of patent law - but no Markman! - mostly unrealistic female charactersJust 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 ... Read More 
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