Gene T. Barton, Jr. is a principal at Fish & Richardson P.C. in Boston, the largest intellectual property law firm in the country. Mr. Barton focuses his practice on financing and merger and acquisitions. He can be reached at barton@fr.com. Gwilym Attwell is a principal in Fish & Richardson’s Delaware office. Mr. Atwell’s practice emphasizes patent prosecution, opinion work, due diligence studies, and client counseling in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. He can be reached at attwell@fr.com.
During the Internet revolution of the late ’90s, a well-known investor at a “Keiretsu Forum” boldly proclaimed that the division of the Internet landscape was akin to the great land grab... Read more »