Intentional patent infringement has always been, at best, a problematic business model. Intentional infringers presumably have more frequent resort to the bankruptcy courts than other entrepreneurs, ... that the dischargeability of a judgment debt for intentional patent infringement in a personal bankruptcy would ...

Articles - 2008-06-01 00:00

"Willful infringement." For years, these two words have struck fear in the hearts of corporate counsel. And for good reason: a willful infringement finding raises the already-high stakes ... infringement allegation can be troubling. For the past 25 years, the most effective shield has been an outside ...

Articles - 2007-12-01 00:00

The successful defense of a copyright infringement suit is part art, and part science. ... govern copyright infringement suits are well settled, the application of those standards to the facts ... The lawyer defending a copyright infringement suit must become a master of the art or field in which the two ...

Articles - 2009-02-01 00:00

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patent infringement litigation both in the ITC and U.S. district courts although in the last few years I ... intellectual property infringement for owners of particular U.S. IP rights. The ITC is an administrative agency - not a court - although it functions like a court within Section 337. It hears IP infringement ...

Articles - 2009-05-04 00:00

disputes involving a variety of complex issues, including breach of contract, trademark infringement and dilution, copyright infringement, licensing, domain name rights, antitrust, insurance coverage, employment, ... McKeon: The practice area has undergone significant growth as the infringement and counterfeiting ...

Articles - 2008-02-01 00:00

accused infringers from being subjected to multiple infringement suits and duplicate liability. ... should, however, make certain that this reliance is not misplaced before bringing a patent infringement ... precisely on this distinction in language. IpVenture sued two computer manufacturers for patent infringement ...

Articles - 2008-01-01 00:00

and widespread copyright infringement committed by users of the software. The closely watched case was billed ... for infringement committed by the users of new technologies. Ultimately, after acknowledging the tension between ... can be held liable because they actively encouraged users to infringe. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, ...

Articles - 2005-09-01 00:00

that the licensed patent is invalid, unenforceable, or not infringed. Overruling prior Federal Circuit decisions ... or sale of which would infringe claims of the covered patents. When Genentech's pending application issued in 2001, Genentech informed MedImmune that it believed Synagis infringed the patent ...

Articles - 2007-03-01 00:00

I. Affirmative Duty To Avoid Infringement Of Patents The U.S. patent laws impose upon a potential infringer an affirmative duty to avoid infringement of U.S. patents which ... 1983) (if a potential infringer "has actual notice of another's patent rights, he has ...

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