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Articles by William Lee
Don’t Let Them Disappear
A clergyman and others pray during a silent vigil protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the U.S. immigration court in New York City, July 24, 2025 (OSV News photo/Jeenah Moon, Reuters). As summer twilight flooded the windows of the old convent at my parish in the Bronx, I packed my things, looking forward to heading home for family dinner. Every so often, I like to drop by the parish and help out. Right when I went to leave, a phone buzzed on the table.
Google Victory Is First Step To Address Patent Damages Imbalance
WilmerHale's William Lee and Stanford Law School's Mark Lemley say the reversal of a $20 million patent judgment against Google should encourage other courts to verify that damages are grounded in patents' actual values. Patents are a mutually beneficial agreement between inventors and the government. Each side makes concessions in service of their own, and the greater, good.
Google Victory Is First Step to Address Patent Damages Imbalance
In an article published in Bloomberg Law, William Lee and Stanford Law School Professor of Law Mark Lemley discuss how the recent reversal of the judgement in EcoFactor, Inc. v Google LLC demonstrates promising efforts to address widespread patent award imbalances. Excerpt: "When damages are apportioned properly, the plaintiff is justly compensated while the infringer pays a fair penalty.
Google Victory Is First Step to Address Patent Damages Imbalance
Patents are a mutually beneficial agreement between inventors and the government. Each side makes concessions in service of their own, and the greater, good. It’s a careful balance, where policy and rules that are too permissive or too restrictive of inventors’ rights reduce the societal value of patents. For years, this balance has been broken due to a judicial backslide that has allowed patent infringement damages awards to far exceed inventions’ true values.
Democratic Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul wins reelection
After a campaign charged with emotion over issues including crime and the state's pandemic response, Democrat Kwame Raoul declared victory Tuesday in his bid for a second term as Illinois' attorney general over a challenge from Republican Thomas DeVore. With 59% of precincts reporting, Raoul had 56% of the vote and DeVore, a downstate attorney, had 41%, according to unofficial results. Raoul's double-digit win tracked with other statewide Democratic candidates, including Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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