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Bill Robinson, a Partner at Foley & Lardner, presented a discussion on managing costs in IP Litigation. IP Litigation, particularly patent litigation, has seen tremendous expansion, both in terms of amounts that clients have at stake and the price of participating in an IP case. -
The opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 95-1066 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 26, 2003), is the most recent in a case that has spent the better part of a decade in the courts. It comes almost a year and a half after the United States Supreme Court reversed an earlier en banc Federal Circuit decision holding that no range of equivalents for an amended claim limitation is available under the doctrine of equivalents when prosecution history estoppel applies. -
James Nguyen, Senior Counsel at Foley & Lardner, presented two discussions, the first entitled "Post-Registration Strategic Maintenance and Protection of Your Trademarks." He noted that "Trademarks can be a powerful sword, but needed to be actively shielded to protect their strength." Next, William J. Robinson, a Partner at Foley & Lardner, presented a discussion on IP Litigation strategies. His talk primarily focused on managing IP litigation costs, an area that has seen tremendous expansion, both in terms of amounts that clients have at stake and the price of participating in an IP case. -
The source of American patent law in the Constitution empowers Congress to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." But just what does this mean and have Congress and the courts been faithful to that grant of power? -
In a perfect world, all patents would be valid and none infringed. In a near-perfect world, a mechanism would exist to rapidly and efficiently determine whether a patent is valid and infringed. We live in neither world. -
In its recent decision in Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd, the United States Supreme Court established a new balance between two significant and competing doctrines in patent law, the doctrine of equivalents and prosecution history estoppel. -
This article discusses the inevitable disclosure doctrine, which may provide authority under state trade secret law for restraining a former employee from assuming responsibilities for a competitor comparable to those which she previously held, where the nature of her new position is such that, regardless of her intent, she would inevitably (or even inadvertently) use, rely upon or disclose trade secrets belonging to her former employer, in performing her new duties. -
Q. WHY PATENT A BUSINESS METHOD? A. REVENUE GENERATED FROM PATENT LICENSING Prior to the recent Federal Circui. -
This document provides basic information about the program by which inventors may send a disclosure of invention to the PTO to be used as evidence of the invention's conception. -
Prior to taking the first patenting step, every organization should first consider how the patent will fit within the objectives of the business or within the mission of the organization. A patent is not the end goal, but is a business tool, that, when used properly, adds value to an organization. Thus, a determination of the commercial objectives for the technology is crucial to extracting value from the patent.