Legalese aside, the story is entertaining. The author likely made this up to raise the stakes and add suspense. (One is a promise to pay, the other is an order on a bank to pay.) This one didn't affect the story too much, but it made me wince a little bit. There are a few minor details, like where the author uses "promissory note" interchangeably with "check", when a check is clearly what is being described.
This felt like the perfect opportunity to bring some of the more exciting aspects to the public, the way a movie like My Cousin Vinny does with trial procedure.īut as far as patent law-or any law-goes, it misses the mark several times. It's not as sexy as criminal law or civil rights, but there's a nerdy appeal, not unlike space exploration or old literature. Patent law is much more interesting than the broader public realizes. But it is at times woefully off base, which is a shame. If the law had been accurate, I would have given it a much more positive review.
Last Days is an entertaining, engaging, and informative read, at least with regard to history. But I'm enough of a patent geek to have taken a particular interest in The Last Days of Night, which was recommended in an ABA newsletter (Best legal fiction of 2016). I'm an attorney with a strong background in patents, but no technical background so not a patent attorney. The Last Days of Night is an historical fiction about the Edison/Tesla/Westinghouse current wars-one of the greatest patent battles of all time, told from the perspective of burgeoning attorney Paul Cravath.
A movie of The Last Days of Night is in production, slated for release in 2018. Moore has also seen success as a screenwriter, having won an Oscar for best screenplay with The Imitation Game.
The Last Days of Night is Graham Moore's second novel, after The Sherlockian.
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