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This guide provides an inventor with basic information about filing a provisional application for a patent. -
On March 26, 2004, the Director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office issued reexamination orders regarding four patents from the Katz Patent Portfolio, representing nearly 350 separate claims. Although the orders require reexamination of only a fraction of the claims in the Katz Patent Portfolio, likely these Director-initiated reexaminations will invigorate prior art searching efforts and requests for reexamination proceedings by companies Katz has approached about taking a license. -
On March 25, 1998, in an extraordinary ruling, an en banc decision by the Federal Circuit was issued. Cybor Corp. . -
One of the most common methods of extracting value is through licensing. Corporate counsel and senior executives embarking on licensing programs should be aware of certain pitfalls that may result in costly disputes and the loss of patent rights. -
The information provided below is not legal advice. It is of a general nature and does not apply to sets of . -
Few cases in the last twenty years have elicited as much interest as that of Markman v. Westview, 52 F. 3d 967, 34. -
Intellectual property (IP) is an integral part of any business strategy, impacting market decisions, company differentiation and positioning. IP drives revenue, market share and shareholder value. Protecting and enforcing the company's intellectual property by prevailing at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals is akin to reaching the summit of Everest. The path is notoriously difficult and dangerous, but the prize justifies the risks. A judgment of patent infringement can cause great harm to infringing companies and may result in an award of damages so large that the infringing company cannot survive. Failure can be devastating. The asserted patents can be found not to have been infringed, or worse, invalid or unenforcable. Like climbing Everest, success before the Federal Circuit requires knowledge of the terrain, necessary tools for every stage and a wealth of experience to respond to the unexpected. It is a serious undertaking, with much in the balance. -
While copyright law is the most important intellectual property law for the Internet, you need to know enough about patent, trademark, and trade secret law to avoid infringing intellectual property rights owned by others and to be able to take advantage of the protection provided by these laws. These three intellectual property laws are discussed in this chapter. -
Has the trend toward a one-stop shopping world pervaded our legal system, and specifically the patent community? We are well aware of recent globalization and the accompanying expansion of cross-border research and development, outsourcing to manufacturing facilities abroad and blossoming international trade. Multinational corporations depend upon revenue generated by these activities, which are often the subject of patents granted by the United States , Canada and other countries. -
Expert testimony proved to be the linchpin in a federal judge's Aug. 6th decision to set aside the largest-ever damages award in a U.S. patent case.