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Honigman

admin — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:34:53 +0000

Honigman is a leading business law firm based in Michigan with an international practice. Headquartered in Detroit with offices in Lansing, Oakland County, Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, the firm has attorneys practicing in more than 50 different areas of concentration. Honigman’s highly credentialed attorneys and staff, along with its customer-service focus, provide clients in a wide variety of industries timely and cost-effective counsel.

Our approach is built on relationships. That means a comprehensive and sustained focus on service at the highest levels throughout the firm to meet and anticipate our clients’ evolving needs.

Our results are evidenced by the accolades we receive. Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2012 ranked Honigman as Michigan’s No. 1 law firm in the areas of Corporate, Litigation and Real Estate for eight years running. In addition, the Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, and Banking and Finance practices were recognized as leading practices in Michigan. In the 2012 edition ofBest Lawyers in America, 86 of the firm’s attorneys were listed. In that same edition, the firm also had the highest number of attorneys in Michigan in each of the following categories: Biotechnology, Corporate Governance and Compliance, Corporate, Franchise, Health Care, Insurance, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Funds, Project Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, and Venture Capital.

With the rapid shift to a global economy, clients need quick and reliable advice on the laws, rules and regulations which affect their business dealings around the world. To provide this global knowledge and reach, Honigman is a member of Interlaw Ltd., an international association of 70 independent law firms with nearly 5,000 attorneys in more than 126 cities worldwide. Since 1982 Interlaw has been the preferred network for global companies that require the expertise of business lawyers who are fluent in the native language, laws, rules, regulations, and customs of their own jurisdiction, and who are broadly educated and experienced in working with domestic and international matters.

http://www.honigman.com/

Brett Krueger

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:42:02 +0000

Brett Krueger counsels clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups on identifying, evaluating, procuring, enforcing and licensing intellectual property rights as well as the avoidance of infringement risks. His patent practice focuses on the areas of mechanical engineering, robotics and autonomous mobile robots, automation, medical devices, optical devices, internet applications, mobile devices, cloud computing, and apparel—including augmented reality applications in these fields. Brett is an inventor and patent holder himself, and is a frequent speaker on intellectual property issues.

Brian Wassom

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:47:50 +0000

Brian D. Wassom litigates disputes and counsels clients concerning copyright, trademark, publicity rights, and related intellectual property and advertising issues. In particular, Brian focuses his practice on social media and other emerging forms of digital communication. He has several years’ experience assisting media companies in exercising their freedom of the press, obtaining access to information, and defending claims of defamation, invasion of privacy, and eavesdropping. Brian chairs his Firm’s Social, Mobile and Emerging Media Practice Group. He authors a popular blog on this topic, as well as the online treatises Wassom on Social Media Law and Augmented Legality®, which examines the law governing “augmented reality” technologies. Brian presents regularly to industry groups, legal education seminars, and conferences across the country on social media, augmented reality, and related topics. His next book on these topics is Augmented Reality Law, Privacy and Ethics, to be published in 2014 by Elsevier.

Leading Augmented Reality Innovators Confirm Participation in AWE 2013

admin — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:30:21 +0000

Thanks to the amazing response for the AWE 2013 call for proposals, we have been able to select – so far – a list of 76 AWEsome innovators in the Augmented World.

Here is the list of companies and organizations confirmed to present at AWE 2013:

(For the latest list of 94 confirmed speakers go here)