Paul Hastings Gains IP Expert Thane Bauz

August 17, 2005

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce today that Thane Bauz, previously at The Boeing Company and a former principal at Fish & Richardson, joins the firm’s Global IP Practice as of counsel, resident in the San Diego office. Bauz specializes in patent litigation and strategic IP portfolio management.

"Thane is a highly regarded lawyer in the intellectual property field and we are honored that he will be joining our practice in the San Diego office,” said Steve Korniczky, Chair of Paul Hastings Global IP Department. “His extensive patent litigation experience and in-depth knowledge of mining intellectual property to generate revenue will help strengthen our practice and enhance our ability to assist more of San Diego’s leading companies and their expanding needs for sophisticated, global lP legal services.”

“We have built our San Diego office around world class attorneys with expertise complemented by the abilities and talents of a global firm,” said Bill Sullivan, Chair of Paul Hastings San Diego office. “We continue to serve the largest clients in San Diego and across the country on some of their most important issues.”

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, founded in 1951, is an international law firm, representing Fortune 500 companies with more than 1,000 attorneys located in 17 offices: Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris, San Diego, San Francisco, Shanghai, Stamford, Tokyo and Washington, DC.