Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Paul Haughey recently presented "Patent Opinions - New Developments and Pitfalls." These are the 6 key takeaways from his presentation....more
Kilpatrick Townsend partner Paul Haughey recently presented to the IP section of the Utah Bar Association about “Patent Opinions – New Developments and Pitfalls.” The presentation was a review of patent opinion basics,...more
Recent decisions illustrate situations where courts find “egregious” conduct under the Supreme Court’s Halo standard, and an opinion should be obtained to mitigate the risk of enhanced damages/ willful patent infringement....more
Ironically, a “no patent review” policy many in-house counsel have adopted to avoid willful infringement risk can itself cause willful infringement risk. Two cases from 2019 give some context.
In October, 2019 Judge...more
In a unanimous decision, on June 13, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the CAFC Seagate “objective recklessness” standard and appeal criteria. As is its habit, the Supreme Court has thus taken away relatively clear...more