Legal Opinion
Ropes & Gray, LLP v. Jalbert (In Re Engage Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 1, 2005No. 19-30211PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
In the underlying bankruptcy action from which it now appeals, Appellant Ropes & Gray, LLP (“R & G”), filed a secured claim against the debtor, Engage, Inc. (“Debtor”). R & G represented the Debtor in various patent prosecution proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). R & G contended that its claim was secured by virtue of the Massachusetts attorney’s lien statute, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 50, which it argued afforded it a lien against the proceeds of various patents and patent applications sold by the debtor…
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