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Patent litigation reform : proposals and perspectives /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
2016.
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| Colección: | Intellectual property in the 21st century.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PATENT LITIGATION REFORM: PROPOSALS AND PERSPECTIVES; PATENT LITIGATION REFORM: PROPOSALS AND PERSPECTIVES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: PATENT LITIGATION REFORM LEGISLATION IN THE 114TH CONGRESS*; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; Patent Law Fundamentals; Patent Assertion Entities; LEGISLATION IN THE 114TH CONGRESS; Heightened Pleading Requirements; Limits on Discovery and Cost-Shifting; Transparency of Patent Ownership; Stays of Litigation Brought against Infringing Customers; Shifting of Attorney Fees
- Recovery of Fee Awards from Interested PartiesDemand Letters; Reforms of Patent Trial and Appeal Board's Proceedings (IPR and PGR); Claim Construction Standard; Estoppel Effect of Unsuccessful Challenges in PGR Proceedings; Presumption of Validity and Burdens of Proof; Standing; Institution of an IPR/PGR Proceeding; Ending Diversion of USPTO Fees; Venue; Provisions Concerning Small Businesses; Innovation Act and the PATENT Act; End Notes
- Chapter 2: STATEMENT OF MARK GRIFFIN, GENERAL COUNSEL, OVERSTOCK.COM. HEARING ON "PATENT REFORM: PROTECTING AMERICAN INNOVATORS AND JOB CREATORS FROM ABUSIVE PATENT LITIGATION"*ABOUT OUR COMPANY; ABOUT UNITED FOR PATENT REFORM; OUR EXPERIENCE WITH PATENT ASSERTION ENTITIES; LEGISLATIVE REFORM; AN ESCALATING PROBLEM; CONCLUSION; End Notes; Chapter 3: TESTIMONY OF KATHRYN G. UNDERWOOD, PRESIDENT AND CEO, LEDYARD NATIONAL BANK. HEARING ON "PATENT REFORM: PROTECTING AMERICAN INNOVATORS AND JOB CREATORS FROM ABUSIVE PATENT LITIGATION"*; SOLUTIONS; Demand Letters
- Covered Business Method (CBM) ProgramEnd User Indemnification/Warrantee; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4: STATEMENT OF TODD MOORE, FOUNDER AND CEO, TMSOFT LLC. HEARING ON "PATENT REFORM: PROTECTING AMERICAN INNOVATORS AND JOB CREATORS FROM ABUSIVE PATENT LITIGATION"*; Chapter 5: STATEMENT OF BRYAN PATE, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, ELLIPTIGO INC. HEARING ON "PATENT REFORM: PROTECTING AMERICAN INNOVATORS AND JOB CREATORS FROM ABUSIVE PATENT LITIGATION"*; ELLIPTIGO; STAY PROVISION; FEE SHIFTING AND JOINDER; HEIGHTENED PLEADING AND DISCOVERY; THE TOTALITY OF THE PROVISIONS; SOLUTIONS; CONCLUSION
- Chapter 6: TESTIMONY OF HANS SAUER, DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. HEARING ON "THE IMPACT OF ABUSIVE PATENT LITIGATION PRACTICES ON THE AMERICAN ECONOMY"*SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION; Enhanced Pleading Requirements; Fee Awards and "Interested Parties"; Deferral of Discovery; Reform of the PTO Patent Challenge System; Clarification of Liability for "Divided Infringement" of Process or Method Patents; Proper Codification of "Double Patenting."