About the Book
This collection of over 2,000 pages of patent legal strategies is the most definitive resource ever assembled of best practices for patent lawyers. The collection features the largest collection ever of specific patent legal strategies, available exclusively in this collection, and is written by patent chairs of over 50 of the world's largest firms. Within these pages lies a wealth of critical information, which every patent lawyer should have at their fingertips - and is guaranteed to make an immediate impact and pay for themselves time and again in both time savings and ideas for alternative client strategies. In addition, the collection features examples of 50+ patent related legal documents with line by line analysis, negotiation points and strategies. The collection features content from previous books and reports published by Aspatore and others found only in this collection, all exclusively from Aspatore Books. The collection includes three executive style binders with approximately 2,000 pages of text, a detailed index sorted by topic and keywords, and a CD-ROM with all the content in PDF for easy reference on your computer.
It covers topics such as: Rajiv Patel, Partner, Fenwick & West - Patents: A Framework for Successful Integration Into Your Company; Chris Kennerly, Partner, Baker Botts, LLP - A Trip through the Patent Funhouse: Identifying and Resolving Complex Legal and Business Issues; Dale Hunt, Partner, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP - Keys to Success in Patent Law; Carlton A. Varner, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton - Patent and Antitrust Issues; Charles L. Moore, Jr., Member, Moore & Van Allen, PLLC - Legal Strategies; Michael A. Gollin, Partner, Venable LLP - Developing a Strong Patent Strategy; Anthony Nimmo, Partner, Ice Miller - The Far-Reaching Impact of Patent Litigation;Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. - Reflections of a Patent Owner and Alleged Infringer - A Week into a Patent Infringement Trial; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. - Example of How a Patent Dispute Might Arise. Also included are: Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. - The Dynamics of a Typical Patent Litigation: An Introduction; Lester L.
Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - The Complaint, Answer, Initial Disclosure, and Docket Control Order; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - The Discovery Process - Planning the Case; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. - The Markman Hearing: Impact of the Ruling; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - Is an Alternate Noninfringing Design Available to the Accused Infringer?; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - Mediation: What Is it? How Does it Work? Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - Fact Depositions; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - Depositions of Experts; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - Summary Judgment. Also included are: Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - Jury Consultants and Jury Studies; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. - Closing of Discovery/Pretrial Order; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - Final Preparation Before Trial; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - The Trial; Lester L.
Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - Postrial Motions and Final Judgment; Lester L. Hewitt, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld - Postrial Mediation and the Appellate Process; William L. Anthony, Jr., Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - Patent Law: Complex, Frustrating, and Rewarding; Samuel W. Apicelli, Partner, Duane Morris, LLP - Of Better Mousetraps and Beaten Paths; Beth E. Arnold, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP - Getting It Right the First Time: The Biomedical Patent Process; James E. Bradley, Partner, Bracewell & Patterson - Communication: The Key to Success in Patent Law Practice. Also included are: Scott Bruning Stahl, Partner, Jackson Walker, LLP - Toolkits, Football, and the Power of Patents; Jason Cooper, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP - The Full-Service Patent Law Practice; James J. Murphy, Shareholder, Winstead, Sechrest and Minick P.C. - The Metes and Bounds of the Patent Application Process; Stephanie Seidman, Co-Chair Patent & Trademark National Practice Group, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe - Taking Proper Care of a Client's Valuable Assets; Kenneth R.
DeRosa, Partner, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP - The Patent War Game: Playing to Win; Cathryn Campbell, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery - Patent Law - From Bicycles to Biotech; Paul E. Krieger, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP - Patents: How the System Works; Jay G. Taylor, Partner, Ice Miller - Reflections on the Practice of Patent Law; William L. LaFuze, Partner, Vinson & Elkins - Patents: Knowing the Value, Working the System. Also included are: Larry M. Goldstein and Brian N. Kearsey - Introduction to the Licensing of Standardized Technology; Larry M. Goldstein and Brian N. Kearsey - A Comparison of Technology Patent Licensing Methods; Larry M. Goldstein and Brian N. Kearsey - The Determination of Essentiality; Larry M. Goldstein and Brian N. Kearsey - The Licensing Dilemma: What's Fair? What's Reasonable?; Larry M. Goldstein and Brian N. Kearsey - Antitrust Liability: The Lurking Fear; Larry M. Goldstein and Brian N. Kearsey - Introduction to the 3G Patent Platform Initiative; Larry M. Goldstein and Brian N. Kearsey - Structure, Function and Governance; Larry M. Goldstein and Brian N.
Kearsey - Guidelines for Developing an Organized Patent Licensing Arrangement for Standardized Technology; William H. Brewster, Managing Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP - Entering the Legal Profession; Mary B. Cranston, Chair, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP - Using Vision to Shape Lawyers and Law Firms. Also included are: Walter Driver, Jr., Chairman, King & Spalding - The Art of Becoming a Great Lawyer: Competence, Commitment, and the Ability to Truly Listen to Clients; Robert E. Giles, Firmwide Managing Partner, Perkins Coie LLP - Managing the Firm; Bryan L. Goolsby, Managing Partner, Locke Lidell & Saap LLP - Challenges and Risks in Building a Legal Practice; Robert F. Ruyak, Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Howrey Simon Arnold & White LLP - The Power of Focus; Robert O. Link, Jr., Chairman, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft - The Role of the Lawyer in Business and Society; R. Bruce Mclean, Chairman, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - On Being a Successful Lawyer; Jack H. Nusbaum, Chairman, Willkie Farr & Gallagher - Being a Successful Lawyer; Keith W.
Vaughan, Chair, Firm Management Committee, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC - Achieving Success as a Lawyer: The Keys to a Rewarding Career. Also included are: Keith C. Wetmore, Chair, Morrison & Foerster LLP - Skills for Successful Lawyering; Thomas A. Decker, Managing Partner, Cozen O'Connor - Qualities of the Successful Lawyer; Patrick Oxford, Managing Partner, Bracewell & Patterson - A Few Thoughts on Innovation; William B. Asher, Jr., Managing Partner, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP - The Business Side of Law; David F. Girard-diCarlo, Chairman of the Firm, Blank Rome, LLP - Balancing Value and Innovation in a Changing World; Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Bryan Cave, LLP - Keys to Being an Effective Lawyer; Robert L. Graham, Managing Partner, Jenner & Block - Using Law to Help Both Client and Community; William R. Newlin, President & Chief Executive Officer, Buchanan Ingersoll - Recommendations and Insights About the Future of Law; Peter J. Devlin, President, Fish & Richardson PC - The Lawyer's Role as Advisor. Also included are: Clyde E. Rankin, III, Managing Partner, Coudert Brothers, LLP - The Art of Being a Lawyer; Mark S.
Solomon, Partner, Andrews Kurth LLP - Viewing Clients as Partners; William L. Anthony, Jr., Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, Menlo Park - Introduction - Patent Law in the United States; Martin Bensadon, Partner and Head of the Patent Department, Marval, O'farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires; Gloria Montaron Estrada, Marval, O'farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires; Ignacio Sanchez Echague, Marval, O'farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires - Patent Law in Argentina; Dr. Ann De Clercq, Attorney, De Clerq, Brants & Partners, Sint-Martens-Latem and Dr. Sven J.R. Bostyn, Attorney, De Clerq, Brants & Partners, Sint-Martens-Latem - Patent Law in Belgium; Tancredo Rocha Junior, Brito, Mercadante & Rocha, Belo Horizonte - Patent Law in Brazil; Sheldon Burshtein, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, Toronto and Gary Daniel, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, Toronto - Patent Law in Canada.
Also included are: Fernando Saenz, Attorney, Estudio Harnecker, Santiago - Patent Law in Chile; Jason Feng Ma, Heller Ehrman White & Mcauliffe, Hong Kong - Patent Law in China; Mads Marstrand-Jorgensen, Partner, Norsker & Jacoby, Copenhagen - Patent Law in Denmark; Lucas Bateman, Partner, Cobbetts Solicitors, Leeds - Patent Law in England; Tonu Nelsas, Attorney, Aaa Legal Services, Tallinn and Almar Sehver, Attorney, Aaa Legal Services, Tallinn - Patent Law in Estonia; Peter Backstrom, Founder, Backstrom & Co., Helsinki and Petri Eskola, Partner, Backstrom & Co., Helsinki and Markus Lampinen, Backstrom & Co., Helsinki - Patent Law in Finland; Christian W. Appelt, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert, Munich and Dr. Heinz Goddar, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert, Munich - Patent Law in Germany; Liz Gordillo, Carrillo Y Asociados, Guatemala City and Analucia Carrillo, Carrillo Y Asociados, Guatemala City - Patent Law in Guatemala.
Also included are: Vishal Gandhi, Founder, Gandhi & Associates, Mumbai - Patent Law in India; Giovanni Tretti, Partner, Negri Clementi, Toffoletto, Monitroni & Soci, Vicenza - Italy; Vladimir Shabalin, Attorney, Shabalina & Partners, Almaty and Galina Shabalina, Attorney, Shabalina & Partners, Almaty and Vladimir Eivlev, Attorney, Shabalina & Partners, Almaty - Patent Law in Kazakhstan; Jay (Young-June) Yang, Senior Partner, Kim & Chang, Seoul - Patent Law in Korea; Giedre Domkute- Lukauskiene, Aaa Legal Services, Villnius - Patent Law in Lithuania; Wong Sai Fong, Partner, Shearne Delamore & Co., Kuala Lumpur - Patent Law in Malaysia. Also included are: Agustin Velazquez Garcia-Lopez, Partner, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortes Y Fuentes, Mexico City and Gabriel Pardo Lelo De Larrea, Senior Associate, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortes Y Fuentes, Mexico City, Roman Campillo Gomez, Patent Engineer, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortes Y Fuentes, Mexico City and Pablo Carrillo Riva Palacio, Junior Associate, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortes Y Fuentes, Mexico City - Mexico; David Jones, Partner, Aj Park, Auckland - Patent Law in New Zealand; Editha R.
Hechanova, Partner, Del Rosario, Hechanova, Bagamasbad & Raboca, Makati City - Patent Law in Philippines; Cesar Bessa Monteiro, Partner, Abreu, Cardigos & Associates, Lisbon - Patent Law in Portugal; Valery Medvedev, Managing Partner, Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow - Patent Law in Russia; Kim Tean, Alain A Johns Partnership, Singapore - Patent Law in Singapore; Rowan Joseph, Head of Intellectual Property Department, Bowman Gilfillan, Johannesburg - Patent Law in South Africa. Also included are: Ignacio Temino Ceniceros, Partner, Abril Abogados, Madrid - Patent Law in Spain; Par Leander, Partner, Magnusson Wahlin Qvist Stanbrook, Stockholm and Thomas Randes, Associate, Magnusson Wahlin Qvist Stanbrook, Stockholm - Patent Law in Sweden; Thomas Q.T. Tsai, Partner, Tsai, Lee & Chen, Taipei and Pei-Ling Tong, Associate, Tsai, Lee & Chen, Taipei - Patent Law in Taiwan; Vipa Chuenjaipanich, Partner, Tilleke & Gibbins International, Ltd, Bangkok and Edward J. Kelly, Partner, Tilleke & Gibbins International, Ltd, Bangkok and Liza S. Leung, Consultant, Tilleke & Gibbins International, Ltd, Bangkok - Patent Law in Thailand; Peter P.J.M.
Verhaag, Arnold & Siedsma, The Hague - Patent Law in The Netherlands; Mikhail I. Ilyashev, Senior Partner, Ilyashev & Partners, Kiev - Patent Law in Ukraine; Gustavo Fischer, Member, Fischer Abogados, Montevideo and Mercedes Castells, Member, Fischer Abogados, Montevideo - Patent Law in Uruguay. Also included are: William L. Lafuze, Partner, Vinson & Elkins, Houston - Conclusion - Patent Law in United States; Paul S. Hunter, Patent Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP - Overcoming Patent Infringement Allegations; Paul S. Hunter, Patent Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP - How Patent Owners Can Make Money; Paul S. Hunter, Patent Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP - Why Patent Can Do What They Do; Paul S. Hunter, Patent Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP - Strategies for Dealing with Patent Infringement Allegations; and, Paul S. Hunter, Patent Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP - Conclusion.
