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A Patent Lie

By Paul Goldstein

By Paul Goldstein

By Paul Goldstein

By Paul Goldstein

By Paul Goldstein
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By Paul Goldstein
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Part of Michael Seeley Mystery

Part of Michael Seeley Mystery

Part of Michael Seeley Mystery

Paperback $19.00

May 05, 2009 | ISBN 9780307274908

Ebook $9.99

Jun 17, 2008 | ISBN 9780385526647

Audiobook Download $20.00

Aug 05, 2008 | 624 Minutes

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    About A Patent Lie

    A gripping inside look at high-stakes lawyering, A Patent Lie is further evidence that Paul Goldstein is an emerging master of the legal thriller.After being forced from his high-powered Manhattan law firm, Michael Seeley—the tough-but-wounded hero of Errors and Omissions—has set up shop in his native Buffalo. Partly out of need, partly out of pride, Seeley takes on a case for his estranged brother, whose small biotech firm is suing a Swiss pharmaceutical giant over a controversial new AIDS vaccine. Seeley heads out to Silicon Valley to lead the case, but soon realizes there is much more at stake than he was first led to believe. As certain partnerships come to light, and financial gains become staggeringly clear, Seeley’s own life may be in grave danger.

    About A Patent Lie

    A gripping inside look at high-stakes lawyering, A Patent Lie is further evidence that Paul Goldstein is an emerging master of the legal thriller.After being forced from his high-powered Manhattan law firm, Michael Seeley—the tough-but-wounded hero of Errors and Omissions—has set up shop in his native Buffalo. Partly out of need, partly out of pride, Seeley takes on a case for his estranged brother, whose small biotech firm is suing a Swiss pharmaceutical giant over a controversial new AIDS vaccine. Seeley heads out to Silicon Valley to lead the case, but soon realizes there is much more at stake than he was first led to believe. As certain partnerships come to light, and financial gains become staggeringly clear, Seeley’s own life may be in grave danger.

    About A Patent Lie

    Forced out of his high-powered Manhattan law firm and stuck in a dead-end solo practice, Michael Seeley, the tough-but-wounded hero of Errors and Omissions, cannot say no when his estranged brother, Leonard, head of research at upstart biotech Vaxtek, Inc., flies in from California to beg him to take over the company’s lawsuit for patent infringement of its pathbreaking AIDS vaccine after the sudden death of the lead trial lawyer. The financial and moral stakes of the case are staggering, and Seeley suspects that murder cannot be ruled out as a hardball litigation tactic of big-pharma adversary St. Gall Laboratories.

    As Seeley travels between San Francisco and Silicon Valley to prepare for trial, dark facts surface concerning the vaccine’s discovery by Vaxtek scientist Alan Steinhardt and its alleged theft by St. Gall researcher Lily Warren. Ethical quandaries deepen into mortal danger as the trial, under the stern prodding of federal judge Ellen Farnsworth, rushes to its unexpected end. A timely and fascinating look at how the law operates at its most arcane yet financially consequential, A Patent Lie is further evidence that Paul Goldstein is an emerging master of the legal thriller.

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    About Paul Goldstein

    Paul Goldstein is the Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading authorities on intellectual property law. A graduate of Brandeis University and Columbia Law School, he is Of Counsel… More about Paul Goldstein

    About Paul Goldstein

    Paul Goldstein is the Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading authorities on intellectual property law. A graduate of Brandeis University and Columbia Law School, he is Of Counsel… More about Paul Goldstein

    About Paul Goldstein

    Paul Goldstein is the Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading authorities on intellectual property law. A graduate of Brandeis University and Columbia Law School, he is Of Counsel… More about Paul Goldstein

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Anchor
    May 05, 2009 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307274908

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jun 17, 2008 | 288 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780385526647

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Aug 05, 2008 | 624 Minutes | ISBN 9781415949993

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    “John Grisham made the contemporary legal thriller into a bestselling genre. Goldstein has transformed the genre into an art form.”—Dallas Morning News “Fresh and original.” —Sue Grafton“A complex story, very well told, of a gray and shifting universe in which most things are not what they seem.” —San Jose Mercury News“Smart, challenging. . . . Among the novel’s pleasures are [Goldstein’s] insights into lawyers and the games they play.” —The Washington Post Book World“Timely and fascinating. . . . Gives readers interested in the drama of a high-value legal case a great reward for their attention.” —Alan Cheuse, NPR’s All Things Considered

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