Comments on: Book Review Monday: A Patent Lie

By: Intermittent wipers, on the silver screen

Intermittent wipers, on the silver screen — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:59:05 +0000

[...] It’s not often that patent litigation furnishes the subject of a new Hollywood film; inventor-side attorneys must be hoping the David-and-Goliath theme of the Universal Pictures release Flash of Genius redounds to their benefit. (Brian Baxter, AmLaw Daily, Oct. 3). The original New Yorker article on which the film is based is by no means devoid of balance, and includes a discussion of the late Jerome Lemelson, a longtime Overlawyered favorite (John Seabrook, The New Yorker, Jan. 11, 1993). Unrelatedly, a patent attorney turns up as the lead character of a fiction thriller in Paul Goldstein’s “A Patent Lie” (Stephen Albainy-Jenei, Patent Baristas, Sept. 29). [...]

By: HSG

HSG — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:25:51 +0000

Undue Diligence also features a patent attorney.

By: robert kennedy

robert kennedy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:52:27 +0000

The legal thriller, The Patent, features a patent attorney

By: LT

LT — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:26:56 +0000

As a european patent attorney, I found “A Patent Lie” was a very good legal thriller, with a lot of valuable information about US practice on patent litigation.

Another good thriller about a patent attorney, and in addition written by a patent attorney, is “Undue Diligence”.
See there : http://europeanpatentcaselaw.blogspot.com/2008/07/ides-de-lectures-pour-lt.html