U.S. patent opinions and evaluations
By: David L. Fox.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1026
ISBN-13: 9780195367270
Subjects: United States. -- Patent Office -- Rules and practice; Patent laws and legislation -- United States; Legal opinions -- United States
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 : anticipation by printed publication; title: Patent law principle III : validity : other forms of anticipation; title: Patent law principle III : obviousness; title: Patent law principle III : other forms of invalidity; title: Patent law principle IV : enforceability; title: Evaluating and opining on third party patent rights : patent due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and licensing; title: Evaluating and opining on third party patent rights : 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 : pre-filing Rule 11 and section 285 investigations in declaratory judgment actions, anda paragraph IV certifications, avoidance of preliminary injunctions, and readiness in "rocket docket" jurisdictions and ITC investigations; title: Evaluating and opining on third party patent rights : pre-filing evaluations and opinions for ex parte and inter partes reexamination and other post-grant patent challenges; title: Evaluating and opining on one's 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 one's own patent rights : evaluations and opinions of patentability for potentially new inventions; title: Evaluating and opining on one's own patent rights : strategic patenting, including patent landscapes, evaluations and opinions of claim scope / Infringement, Validity, Enforceability, And Ownership; title: Evaluating and opining on one's own patent rights : defensive due diligence, pre-sale and pre-licensing evaluations and opinions of patents; title: Evaluating and opining on one's own patent rights : pre-filing rule 11 and section 285 investigations and compliance, FDA orange book patent listing, for obtaining preliminary injunctions, and for readiness in "rocket docket" jurisdictions and ITC investigations; title: Evaluating and opining on one's own patent rights : pre-filing evaluations and opinions for post-grant corrections including reexamination, reissue, disclaimer, certificates of correction, and other issues; title: Evaluating and opining on one's own patent rights : evaluations and opinions of patents in bankruptcy and related issues; title: Competency of, and reliance on, opinions for avoiding willful infringement.