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Strategic & Transactional: The Continuing Importance of Opinions of Counsel in Light of Recent Court Decisions

Recorded on: Mar. 5, 2012
Running Time: 00:58:56

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Taken from the Web Program Patent Law Institute 2012 (6th Annual) recorded February, 2012 in New York.

Lecture Topics  [00:58:56]

Strategic & Transactional: The Continuing Importance of Opinions of Counsel in Light of Recent Court Decisions  [00:58:56]
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    Litigation
    Litigating In The International Trade Commission

    • The increasing popularity of the ITC forum for domestic and foreign litigants
    • Satisfying the "domestic industry" requirement
    • ITC remedies
    • Parallel district court litigation
       
    Strategic & Transactional*
    The Continuing Importance of Opinions of Counsel in Light of Recent Court Decisions
    • The reality of willful infringement standards since Seagate
    • Proper drafting of "competent" opinions of counsel, and when to obtain them
    • Opinions and Induced Infringement in view of Broadcom: effects of recent legislation
    • Waiver of Privilege
    • The value of opinions of counsel under current case law

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  • Opinion Letters, Representation Issues and the Impact of the In re Seagate Decision
    Jeffrey T. Zachmann

Presentation Material

  • Litigating Patens Before the International Trade Commission
    Asim Bhansali
  • Willfulness and the Advice of Counsel Defense
    Jeffrey T. Zachmann
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