U.S. patent opinions and evaluations
By: David L. Fox
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199751105
Subjects: United States; Patent laws and legislation; United States. Patent Office; Legal opinions; Rules and practice
Other titles: United States patent opinions and evaluations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Evaluations and opinions of U.S. patents: overview; title: Patent law principle I: claim construction; title: Patent law principle II: infringement: literal infringement; title: Patent law principle II: infringement: the doctrine of equivalents; title: Patent law principle II: infringement: indirect infringement, divided infringement, and section 271(e)(1) "Safe harbor"; title: Patent law principle III: validity: general principles of anticipation and anticipation by printed publication; title: Patent law principle III: validity: other forms of anticipation; title: Patent law principle III: validity: obviousness; title: Patent law principle III: validity: other forms of invalidity; title: Patent law principle IV: enforceability; title: Evaluating and opining on third party patents: patent due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and licensing; title: Evaluating and opining on third party patents: evaluations and opinions of patents for clearance (freedom to operate), noninfringement, invalidity, and unenforceability; title: Evaluating and opining on third party patent rights: opinions for avoiding willful infringement; title: Evaluating and opining on third party patent rights: prefiling rule 11 and section 285; title: Evaluating and opining on third party patent rights: prefiling evaluations and opinions for ex parte and Inter partes reexamination and other post-grant patent challenges; title: Evaluating and opining on ones own patent rights: sec considerations, patent audits, and a businessperson's guide to evaluations and opinions of U.S. patents; title: Evaluating and opining on ones own patent rights: evaluations and opinions of patentability for potentially new invention; title: Evaluating and opining on one s own patents: strategic patenting, including patent landscapes, evaluations and opinions of claim scope/infringement, validity, enforceability, and ownership; title: Evaluating and opining on ones own patent rights: defensive due diligence, pre-sale and pre-licensing evaluations and opinions of patents.