Intellectual Property
Apr. 18, 2012
M. Patricia Thayer
See more on M. Patricia ThayerSidley Austin LLP San Francisco
When Thayer was trying a patent infringement case involving female contraception, she had to think hard about the makeup of the jury.
"I was looking at the panel of jurors, and half of them were women," Thayer said. "I was going to talk about ovaries, vaginas and uteruses. Are the men going to be embarrassed? We're not only talking about technology, but the intricacies of the female body."
It was the first time, she s...
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