Kilpatrick partner Mitch Stockwell recently presented to clients at the Kilpatrick Intellectual Property Seminar on the topic of “Patent Disputes: Bringing, Financing, and Fighting Big Cases.” Mr. Stockwell explored both the hot topics and basic benchmarking techniques for addressing patent disputes from beginning to end. This session started with how to utilize, and avoid, the latest PAE state laws at the demand stage and discuss how to address willfulness issues along the way. He then discussed the patent financing trends that remain prevalent as well as addressed the theories that plaintiffs are pursuing, and the defense is attacking, the “big damages” cases.