Dedication

• Author: Ronald K. Fierstein
• Profession: Lawyer on the team of litigators from the prestigious patent law firm of Fish & Neave
• Pages: 539-539

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to the memory of James M. Williams. Jim, our friend

Robert J. Goldman, and I comprised what I’ve always thought of as the

Three Musketeers of the Polaroid v. Kodak lawsuit. We were young associ-

ates who worked incredibly hard in the trenches of that litigation during the

liability phase—through years of discovery and then a trial that was, at least

for me, and I bet for them, the most intense experience of my life. If I can

be immodest here, we were, in so many ways, the nucleus of the huge team

of lawyers—under the leadership of Herbert F. Schwartz—that success-

fully brought Edwin Land and Polaroid the justice it sought. As the junior

member of the trio, I relied on Bob and Jim for guidance and direction.

They were wonderfully supportive teachers. Bob has continued his career

as a distinguished patent litigator. I segued into a career in the entertainment

business. Jim—a good man, a good lawyer, a good friend, and a loving hus-

band to Sheree and father to Brandon—passed at an obscenely young age. I

thought of him often in reliving so much of this story while researching and

writing this book.

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