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Paul D. Popeo Partner 617-248-4074 ppopeo@choate.com Paul Popeo has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Star. He has formerly served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and as a Special Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk County. Practice Focus Major Commercial/Complex Financial Litigation: cases addressing equity structuring and equity compensation, corporate governance, and management control issues for underwriter and private equity fund clients, as well as a range of complex business litigation matters. Intellectual Property Litigation: representation of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and computer software and hardware manufacturers in patent litigation, trademark, and trade secret litigation. Representative Engagements Counsel to Wyeth in dispute relating to Celera’s genomics database products. Applera Corp, d/b/a Celera Genomics Group v. Wyeth. Montgomery County Maryland Circuit Court. Counsel to Voice Signal in patent and trademark litigation concerning speech recognition and mobile telecommunications technology. ScanSoft, Inc v. Voice Signal Technologies, Inc Counsel to New Japan Radio in litigation brought under Semiconductor Chip Protection Act concerning design of certain integrated circuits. Nichimen Corporation v. New Japan Radio, Inc Counsel to Genetics Institute (now Wyeth) at trial before Delaware Chancery Court in dispute relating to manufacture of recombinant Factor VIII for the treatment of hemophilia A. BaxterHealthcare, Inc v. Genetics Institute, Inc Counsel to EMC in contract dispute concerning manufacture of laser-scanning, aspirating smoke detectors. Vision Systems, Inc v. EMC Corporation Counsel to Microdental in action brought by Estee Lauder alleging various Lanham Act violations, and state law unfair competition and false designation of origin claims. Estee Lauder Cosmetics, Inc and Make-Up Art Cosmetics v. Mircodental Labs and Micro Advanced Cosmetics Counsel to HP in California state court action alleging below-cost pricing and unfair competition. Encad, Inc v. Hewlett-Packard Company Counsel to Blue Dolphin Group Inc in series of litigation matters alleging trademark and copyright infringement, as well as various state law unfair competition and false advertising claims. Counsel to EMC/Acartus in action brought in US District Court, District of Delaware alleging theft of trade secrets, violation of the Lanham Act, and various state law false advertising claims. Mobius Management Systems, Inc v. EMC Corporation and Acartus, Inc Counsel to Voice Signal in theft of trade secrets and breach of non-competition dispute involving voice recognition technology. Lernout & Hauspie v. Voice Signal Technologies, Inc Counsel to Gen3 Partners in theft of trade secrets and breach of non-competition dispute. Cambridge Technology Partners v. Gen3 Partners Counsel to Commonwealth as Special Assistant Attorney General in dispute with Morgan Stanley concerning synthetic fixed-rate swap transaction between parties relating to $496.225 Million of general obligation refunding bonds issued by Commonwealth. Department of the State Treasurer and Receiver General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Morgan Stanley Derivative Products, Inc. Counsel to NXO in litigation involving series of telecommunications service contracts, and representations and warranties contained in various agreements between parties and private equity funds. NXO, Inc v. BlackBox Network Services and Platinum Equity, LLC Counsel to Hancock in successful enforcement of $32 Million forward commitment after twelve person jury trial in United States District Court, District of Massachusetts. John Hancock Life Insurance Company v. Vesterra Corporation, et al Professional and Community Involvement Mr. Popeo is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Bar Association. He is active with the Inner City Scholarship Fund (Catholic Charities). © 2008 by Choate Hall & Stewart LLP | 