Paul Goldstein, A Patent Lie

Talking Leaves…Books is pleased to announce a reading and book signing featuring Paul Goldstein, author of the much-praised legal thrillers A Patent Lie, just out from Doubleday, and its predecessor Errors and Omissions, just released in paperback. Goldstein, a former UB law professor, will be making his first trip back to Buffalo for a book signing. He will appear at our Main Street location, 3158 Main Street, on Thursday, June 26, at 7 pm. The event is free and open to the public—copies of both books will be available for purchase.

Goldstein, an expert on intellectual property law, parlays his legal knowledge and writing skills into compelling, suspenseful, contemporary drama. In the new novel, Michael Seeley, the tough-but-wounded hero of Errors and Omissions, forced out of his high-powered Manhattan law firm and stuck in a dead-end solo practice (in Buffalo!), 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.

Publishers Weekly has high praise for this “outstanding sequel….in lean prose, Goldstein masterfully portrays the intricate courtroom maneuvering and the ethical dilemmas of trial attorneys. Scott Turow fans will welcome this complex protagonist.”

Paul Goldstein is the Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford University Law School, and is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading authorities on intellectual property law. In addition to his two legal thrillers, he is the author of Intellectual Property: the Tough New Realities That Could Make or Break Your Business, and Copywright’s Highway: from Gutenberg to the Celestial Jukebox. He taught at the UB Law School in the 1970’s. A New York native, he currently lives outside San Francisco with his family.

Please join us welcoming Paul Goldstein back to Buffalo.