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Patent Litigation
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Patent Search
Engines Two
terrific search engines are totally free and provide free copies. Any patent litigation begins with analysis
of the relevant patents and these are a great way to find them.
Google Patents | freepatentsonline
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www.uspto.gov the official website of the US Patent and
Trademark Office, the basic information needed in all trademark litigation,
the status of the marks in suit, are found here
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Copyright Office the official
website of the US Copyright Office, which is part of the Library of Congress.
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BURDICK LAW FIRM Mr. Burdick is
webmaster of this portal and is available for consultations or as an
experienced litigator, mediator, arbitrator or expert witness
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Federal Circuit this is the site of the Court which is
generally the last word on patent issues, since Supreme Court decisions on
patent issues are extremely rare.
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15 USC 1125
False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden.
the
law of unfair competition, nearly always one of the counts in any complaint
for trademark infringement
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17 USC 501 - Copyright
Infringement the basic statute
under which copyright infringement is generally brought
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Experts (via law.com)
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Patent
Infringement - Simplified Outline a particularly
useful overview by our webmaster of patent litigation for the general
practitioner or novice patent litigant or novice patent litigator
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15 USC 1116 -
Injunctions Against Infringement
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Tasini
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St.
Louis Law Firms
a
link to stltoday's list of lawyers in a great American Midwestern City,
the best baseball town in America and our Webmaster’s practice locale.
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35 USC 271 - Patent
Infringement - the defining law
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15 USC 1117 -
Recovery for violation of rights what a plaintiff
can hope to recover in a successful TM infringement case
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Napster
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PTO
Statistical Reports
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www.uspto.gov the official
website of the US Patent and Trademark Office, the basic information needed
in all patent litigation, the ownership, history and current status of the patents
in suit, can be found here
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15 USC 1118 -
Destruction of infringing articles.
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Trade Secrets
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IPO Daily News
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Patent
Insurance - Is It Worth It? a useful article
by our webmaster, which has become one of the most widely read article on
patent insurance.
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The Uniform
Trade Secrets Act - the defining law which is embodied in various forms in the
trade secret laws of many states.
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Patent-L archives (LISTSERV)
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Separate
Patentability Defense an article by our
webmaster which is a rewritten and expanded version of an earlier article by
Jeffrey Kuester of www.kuesterlaw.com
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A Link to A
Comprehensive Site Explaining Trade Secret Misappropriation
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Electronic Evidence Discovery Firms
2008 Rankings of 20 Top EDD Firms
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Patentability
Searches in any patent litigation,
patentability, validity, right to use, and patent invalidation searches are
almost always a key investigative and preparative part of both plaintiff and
defendant cases.
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Piperpat the original and
still probably the largest and most comprehensive worldwide online listing of
patent agents and patent attorneys.
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A second site explaining Trade
Secret Misappropriation
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Patent
Marking
in
accordance with the statute, marking or absence of such marking, can be
a factor in what level of damages are available for infringement.
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Patent Valuation the
analysis of a patent for purposes of valuation of that patent is important in
licensing or assignment or in mergers and acquisitions, but is particularly
important in patent litigation damage determinations.
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MPEP
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In
Re Bilski The historic case currently pending before the Supreme
Court of the US (SCOTUS) on the issue of whether method patents must be tied
to a machine or must transform a tangible item.
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KSR v
Teleflex The historic SCOTUS opinion on obviousness, the primary
test for patentability.
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