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Sidley’s Mike Bettinger and Irene Yang Recognized Among Daily Journal’s 2024 “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers” List
May 22, 2024
Daily Journal has named Mike Bettinger and Irene Yang to its 2024 “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers” list. The supplement annually recognizes lawyers in California for their work on recent significant cases that had an impact on the larger world of intellectual property.
Mike is an eminent national trial lawyer for patent, trade secret, trademark, and other intellectual property cases. He has tried 33 cases to verdict, securing notable jury trial wins in federal courts throughout the United States for premier technology companies in the software, semiconductor, solar, telecommunications, networking, and healthcare industries.
Irene, co-head of the firm’s IP Litigation practice, is a trial lawyer representing clients in the high-tech and life sciences industries in their patent and complex commercial disputes. She has extensive experience in cases involving a diverse set of products and technologies, such as networking and telecommunications, software, semiconductors, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer devices, as well as cases involving FRAND obligations for standard-essential patents.
Mike is an eminent national trial lawyer for patent, trade secret, trademark, and other intellectual property cases. He has tried 33 cases to verdict, securing notable jury trial wins in federal courts throughout the United States for premier technology companies in the software, semiconductor, solar, telecommunications, networking, and healthcare industries.
Irene, co-head of the firm’s IP Litigation practice, is a trial lawyer representing clients in the high-tech and life sciences industries in their patent and complex commercial disputes. She has extensive experience in cases involving a diverse set of products and technologies, such as networking and telecommunications, software, semiconductors, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer devices, as well as cases involving FRAND obligations for standard-essential patents.
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