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Oct. 30, 2007

Lawyer Faces Conflict Issue in Jeans Case

SAN FRANCISCO - For lawyers, brand loyalty can be a simple matter of switching jobs. As former chief intellectual property counsel for the country's oldest jeans maker, Katherine Basile was in charge of protecting one of the company's greatest assets: the back-pocket stitching design, which has appeared on Levi jeans since 1873.

By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - For lawyers, brand loyalty can be a simple matter of switching jobs.
      As former chief intellectual property counsel for the country's oldest jeans maker, Katherine Basile was in charge of protecting one of the company's greatest assets: the back-pocket stitching design, which has appeared on Levi jeans since 1873.
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