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Declaratory Judgment: How to Fight a Patent Infringement Claim When Stakes Are High

Patent Trademark Blog

Instead of asking for money damages or an injunction, the accused infringer is asking the court to render a decision that their products do not infringe a particular patent. Need to defend a patent infringement claim? Second, the patent owner might not want to escalate the fight. Who will bow out first?

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How Patent Owners Should Be Rethinking Venue Selection and Case Strategy in a World Without Waco

IP Watchdog

With Judge Alan Albright no longer a lock for patent litigants in the Western District of Texas, prospective claimants and their counsel should be rethinking their venue selection strategies. For those navigating this new world order, litigation funders serve as a valuable resource.

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How to Enforce Patents When You Don’t Have Money: Patent Litigation Funding

Patent Trademark Blog

Even if you get a patent, they say, it will take too much money to enforce them. Patent litigation can be prohibitively expensive for smaller companies. Is there a solution, however, for startups and small business owners to enforce patents that do not require millions of dollars? Need to get patent litigation funding?

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Newly promoted principals for 2022 are: Michael Ballanco focuses his practice on all aspects of patent infringement matters at the trial and appellate level. Will Freeman focuses his practice on patent litigation in U.S. “They enrich our workplace and add enormous value to our client work.”. He received his J.D.,

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Fish & Richardson Attorneys Named Recipients of the 2020 Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

His practice emphasizes patent portfolio counseling and management, preparation and prosecution of patent applications, patent infringement analysis, patent validity analysis, and post-grant patent challenges. His practice emphasizes complex patent litigation in U.S.

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Fish Attorneys Named Finalists for San Diego Business Journal “Leaders in Law” Award

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Michael Amon has devoted his career to helping clients resolve their highest-stakes patent infringement disputes. In addition to his litigation work, Amon serves as vice managing principal and pro bono coordinator of Fish’s San Diego office. He also serves on the board of directors of the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program.

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Patent Assertion Entities: A Boon or a Bane?

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The term ‘Patent Troll’ originated in 1994 in an educational video by Paula Natasha Chavez called the ‘Patents Video.’ ’ A patent troll is a term used for describing a company that uses Patent Infringement claims to win arguments and court judgments for profit or to stifle competition.