grants could be cheaper and more scientifically accurate than district court litigation over patent validity.In terms of …The America Invents Act of 2011 (“AIA”) created a robust administrative system—the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB …”)—for challenging the validity of granted patents. Congress determined that administrative correction of errors made in initial patent …

Favoring Plaintiff fee-shifting Rule, in litigation a successful Plaintiff is able to recover attorney's fees, while a …'s expected cost from litigation, is effective in facilitating the Plaintiff's access to Justice. Furthermore, under certain … conditions it might also be more effective than legal aid. Moreover, it is shown how the litigation rate and the number of …

This report presents the results of multivariate analysis of factors associated with litigation costs reported in a …

Patent and false advertising damage awards are in disarray. Courts are imposing astronomically inflated awards that … the value of these elements. Doctrinally, patent damages seek to compensate parties only for the value of the patented …

Litigation seems to be a Pareto-ineffcient outcome of pretrial bargaining; however, this paper shows that litigation … client concerning the characteristics of the lawsuit, the client can use litigation as a way of extracting information. I … show that, counterintuitively, litigation will occur only when the plaintiff is pessimistic about her prospects at trial …

the litigants and the outcomes of litigation. We build up a comprehensive litigation model with asymmetric information and …

the litigants and the outcomes of litigation. We build up a comprehensive litigation model with asymmetric information and …

as well. These MFN provisions have been prominent in the recent MP3.com case, as well as tobacco litigation, class …