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1 online resource |
| Series |
Intellectual property in the 21st century |
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Intellectual property in the 21st century
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| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 15, 2016) |
| Subject |
Patent suits -- United States
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Patent suits
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gutierrez, Richard K., editor
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| ISBN |
9781634855273 |
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1634855272 |
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