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ASYST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. EMPAK, INC.

No. C96-03915 SBA (BZ).

962 F.Supp. 1241 (1997)

ASYST TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. EMPAK, INC. et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

April 18, 1997.

ORDER DISQUALIFYING DEFENSE COUNSEL

ZIMMERMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.

May a law firm represent a party challenging the validity of a patent when two of its partners prosecuted the patent for a different client? I conclude it may not and grant plaintiff's motion to disqualify Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati from representing three of the defendants in this action.1

Between 1984 and 1988, attorneys Stephen...

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