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New litigation counsel at LA office of Latham & Watkins

By Richard Binder

        Latham & Watkins LLP announced today that Franklin D. Kang has joined the firm as counsel in the Litigation Department in the Los Angeles office.  Kang?s practice focuses primarily on complex patent cases involving electronics, computer hardware, software, semiconductor, biotech and biomedical, and related technologies. 

        Kang advises large multinational corporations regarding their intellectual property rights and portfolios, and in connection with both domestic and international disputes. Many of his cases have involved clients based in Korea and other Asian nations. For example, he was involved in the prosecution and favorable settlement of several high-profile patent infringement suits involving numerous patents relating to plasma display panel (PDP) technology used in plasma televisions and monitors on behalf of a Korea-based company that is one of the world?s largest PDP manufacturers.

        Kang joins Latham from Sidley Austin LLP in Los Angeles, where he was counsel in the firm?s Intellectual Property Litigation Group.  He received a law degree from Cornell Law School in 1997, where he served as the Notes Editor of the Cornell Law Review, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1994.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on November 25, 2008 (boomark / email).