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Intellectual Property

Sep. 25, 2003

New Inter Partes Life for Old Prior Art

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the past, when a patent owner charged a competitor with patent infringement, the alleged infringer companies frequently were obliged to defend their interests in U.S. District Court. Such patent-infringement litigation by its very nature has very high attendant costs and entails protracted delays.

By Kenneth L. Cage and Marc E. Brown
Special to the Daily Journal
        WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the past, when a patent owner charged a competitor with patent infringement, the alleged infringer companies frequently were obliged to defend their interests in U.S. District Court. Such patent-infringement litigation by its very nature has very high attendant ...

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