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Judge Overturns Record $1.5 Million Microsoft Verdict ( August 2007 )
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. -
Guide to Current Patent Reform Legislation ( July 2007 )
Legislation that would dramatically overhaul U.S. patent law appears to be on a fast track in Congress, with Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) leading the charge. But legal and business groups are finding themselves at odds over the legislation, with some saying it would reduce patent litigation costs and improve patent quality while others say it would do just the opposite. -
IP Land: Swords & Shields ( June 2003 )
Patent litigation has become big business for firms. This survey, published in <i>American Lawyer</i> in June 2003, ranks firms based on the number of times they were hired by plaintiffs and defendants involved in patent cases filed in 2002. -
Stanford Biotech Strategies Seminar. Seminar Summaries of Speakers Elaine Levin and Lawrence Sung, Ph.D. of Preston Gates & Ellis. ( January 2004 )
Elaine Levin gave an overview of problems facing small biotech companies. Lawrence Sung, Ph.D., provided an update on inventorship/ ownership considerations and the common law “research use” exemption. -
What Are My Chances? From Idea Through Litigation ( October 2003 )
The next time someone asks - "what are my chances?" - chances are you may now have an answer. -
Intellectual Property Audits: A More Diligent Approach ( September 2003 )
Conducting an intellectual property audit is an important business process. It can insure a company's IP assets are being adequately identified, protected, and enforced; provide information to potential investors; and inform a potential licensee or acquirer of an IP asset's value. In addition, an IP audit can result in company executives adopting or changing an approach toward IP that adds value and reduces risk to the company. -
Litigating The Issue Of Willful Patent Infringement ( July 2003 )
In the vast majority of patent infringement lawsuits, the patent owner alleges that the infringement was done willfully. That allegation, if proven, could form the basis of an award of enhanced damages, up to three times the actual damages, and attorneys' fees against the infringer. -
Patent Litigation: Views from the Bar and Bench ( June 2003 )
Ronald Schutz, Chairman of the Intellectual Property Litigation Department at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., engaged the audience in a lively panel on Patent Litigation: Views from the Bar and Bench on Strategy, Tactics, Trends and Concerns, together with Judge Saris of the Massachusetts District Court and Matthew Lowrie, Chair of the Litigation Practice Group at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. -
Intergraph's Patent Victory over Intel: FindLaw Interview with George M. Schwab of Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP ( May 2003 )
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, a 150-attorney law firm specializing in intellectual property and complex litigation, secured a major patent victory on behalf of computer software developer Intergraph Corporation over microprocessor giant Intel. Following a bench trial, U.S. District Court Judge T. John Ward of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Texas held that Intel's Itanium processors infringe two Intergraph patents directed to parallel instruction computing. -
Five Rules for Winning Patent Cases ( March 2003 )
Patent litigation is not for the faint of heart as it carries tremendous risk and reward. Typically, patent litigants are "betting the company." The stakes are high: one case awarded almost $1 billion in damages. The successful patent-owner almost always secures a court order prohibiting further infringement, which removes a competitor from the market the very next day.
