Antitrust Litigations and Confidential Settlements: Intellectual Property Disputes
Early in his career, Mr. Markham worked as an associate in the antitrust practice of a major international law firm (Coudert Bros., now dissolved). During this period, he principally litigated claims and cross-claims under the Sherman Act in disputes that concerned (1) the alleged misuse of copyrights for computer software; and (2) competition among service-providers for the maintenance of computer hardware and other kinds of office equipment.
Some of these cases were major, prominent antitrust cases that received significant national attention in the early 1990s. One of them was fully tried, and Mr. Markham acted as a junior attorney for the trial team. Before leaving this firm, Mr. Markham was given authority to prepare and litigate a significant antitrust case.
Some of these cases resulted in highly valuable, confidential settlements.
More About Our Antitrust Practice
You can read more about our antitrust practice here, and you might also wish to read the following three articles on antitrust law by Mr. Markham that discuss the essential principles and various doctrines of U.S. antitrust law: An Overview of Antitrust Law, How the Consumer-Welfare Standard Transformed Classical Antitrust Law, Why Antitrust Laws Matter, and Unlawful Price Discrimination: An Obscure Antitrust Offense.