A Patent Lie, Paul Goldstein
A Patent Lie, Paul Goldstein
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A Patent Lie

Author: Paul Goldstein

Narrator: Paul Michael

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/05/2008

Synopsis

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.

About The Author

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. He is regularly included in The Best Lawyers in America and testifies before congressional committees and international government meetings on intellectual property issues. A Patent Lie is the sequel to his first novel, Errors and Omissions. A New York native, he now lives outside San Francisco.

Reviews

Goodreads review by RICK "SHAQ" on April 27, 2023

RICK “SHAQ” GOLDSTEIN SAYS: “THE NAIL THAT STICKS UP IS THE ONE THAT GETS HAMMERED!” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would first like to state for the record that I am “not” related to the author. Especially since the last family reunion, about forty yea......more

Goodreads review by Lucas on January 14, 2020

A well-written and exciting legal thriller about a patent lawsuit over an AIDS vaccine. The courtroom scenes were grippingly told and what the main character Michael Seeley discovers throughout the trial was also surprising. I thought though that the character interactions between Seeley and his bro......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on November 15, 2019

Pretty entertaining, if tropy and archetypy characters.......more

Goodreads review by Bart on August 15, 2008

This book was very favorably reviewed on NPR's All Things Considered, and I generally trust, if not entirely agree, with its reviewers. But this book really under-performed against the high expectations I brought to it. The book is certainly a departure from the routine legal thriller, and Goldstein......more

Goodreads review by Tad on September 22, 2008

I enjoyed this second novel by Paul Goldstein about his patent-lawyer character Michael Seeley about as much as the first, "Errors and Omissions." Seeley is an intriguing character raised by an abusive father whom he finally confronts as a 15-year-old. I've finally realized that is a subject that fa......more

Quotes

PRAISE FOR ERRORS AND OMISSIONS


“Memorable [and] pleasurable . . . Goldstein displays the keen eye and sure hand of a gifted writer.” —Wall Street Journal

“A compelling yarn and a fascinating glimpse at one of the more notorious chapters in Hollywood history.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“It’s difficult to convey the mounting excitement with which I turned the pages . . . the writing [is] masterful, not one wasted word . . . A terrific read.”
—Sue Grafton

“[S]pins out a fresh, sharp-witted drama about Hollywood’s blacklist . . . Goldstein, who does a fine job of breaking down complicated moral, ethical and historical issues to understandable nuggets, has laid the foundation for what could be a strong franchise.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Compares favorably with the best legal thrillers of the likes of John Grisham . . . [Errors and Omissions] qualifies Goldstein for a high position among recent crime fiction.”—Political Affairs

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