Apple lawyers to defend Samsung in Microsoft licensing dispute
삼성과 MS사 간의 특허로열티
미지불 사건에 대한 삼성 소송대리인으로 O'Melveny 로펌 소속 변호사가 선임될 것이라고
하네요. 로펌 O'Melveny 은 2008년 애플과 삼성의 공동피고대리인으로 인연을 맺기 시작하여 애플과 삼성이 특허소송 중이었을 때도 삼성의 사건을 맡았던 것으로 알려져 있죠. 그런데도 O'Melveny 샌프란시스코 사무실의 George Riley가 애플의 스티브 잡스와 긴밀한 친구이었던 것 때문에 업계에 관심거리가 되는 것 같습니다. close friend라고 할 정도이니...
소송 승패의 70~80%는 소송대리인을 선임하는
데에서 결정된다고 하죠. 전투의 승패가 전쟁의 승패로 바로 이어진다는 공식은 성립하지 않지만 전투에서
장수를 누구로 정하느냐가 그 전투의 승패를 좌우하는 것은 사실입니다. 전투의 장수를 선임하는 것은 매우 고통스러운 작업입니다. 저도 장수를 선임하는 것이 어렵지만 너무 중요하기에 여러 루트를 통해 레퍼런스를 받고 또 직접 리서치하는 것도 모잘라 확신이 들때까지 미국으로 날라가 리더와 그 팀맴버를 반복하여 인터뷰한 적이 있습니다. 그 선임의 결과는 결국 당사자의 책임으로 돌아갈 것이고 그래서 너무 중요한 결정사항이기에 그래야 했습니다.
소송대리인 입장에서도 고객이 자신을 One
of them으로 보느냐 아니면 Have to be him로 보느냐에 따라 그 앞길이 달라집니다. 고객이 자신을 Have to be you로 지명한다는 건 영광이겠죠.
Alison
Frankel가 Reuters Blog에
“Apple lawyers to defend Samsung in Microsoft licensingdispute”으로 올린 Article을 읽어보세요.
"When
my whip-smart Reuters colleague Dan Levine noticed Tuesday that George Riley
and several other lawyers from O’Melveny & Myers had entered appearances as
defense counsel for Samsung in its month-old dispute with Microsoft over allegedly unpaid patent royalties, my
immediate thought was that O’Melveny’s new assignment was another sign of the waning tensions between Apple and the South Korean
electronics company....."
<참고>
O’Melveny & Myers LLP is an
international law firm founded in Los Angeles, California. The firm is 29th
largest law firm in the world and has been said by Vault to be one of America's
top 25 most prestigious law firms and best firms to work for. It employs around
800 lawyers in 16 offices worldwide. The firm has represented clients, such as
Bank of America, Exxon Mobil, Fannie Mae, Goldman Sachs, the District of
Columbia, New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and other law firms.
They represented former Enron Corporation chief executive Jeffrey K. Skilling
during his four-month fraud and conspiracy trial.
George Riley is a partner in O'Melveny's
San Francisco office and one of the Firm's most experienced trial lawyers. George was named by the San Francisco
Chronicle Magazine as one of the top 15 lawyers in Northern California. He was also recognized by the San Francisco
and Los Angeles Daily Journal as among the top intellectual property lawyers in
California (2008-11). The Legal 500 has repeatedly recognized George as a
leading lawyer in the field of trade secrets litigation, calling him a
"[c]lient favorite" who provides "advice that is always right on
the button." George has also been
nationally recognized for his work in commercial litigation and broad
intellectual property experience by the Practical Law Company in its "PLC
Which Lawyer?" Yearbook, and has been repeatedly included in The Best
Lawyers in America publication.
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