Patent litigation is often called the “sport of kings.” While that phrase may not be appropriate for all patent … patent claims and even pile on unnecessary patents. Some of these claims may be well-founded. But so long as they can make a … colorable infringement argument, patentees typically include many weaker claims too. Likewise, patent defendants respond with …

Recent patent policy emphasizes the superiority of ex ante licensing over ex post patent assertion. Ex ante means … before costs are sunk by a patent defendant, so licensing at this stage avoids the leveraging of a defendant’s investments in … good, ex post bad) this Article defends patent litigation as a reasonable way to award compensation in the ex post (i …

derived from the infringement; and (e) a declaration that the patent is valid and has been infringed. Do note that the award … that either the patent is invalid in a relevant aspect or the patent is not infringed …

The right to a patent belongs to the inventor or to his successors in title and is transferable by any of the means set … not explicit or implicitly connected to the subject matter of the employment contract. If a patent has been granted to a … patent and its recordal on the Spanish Patent and Trademarks Office (SPTO), subject to a statutory limitation of two years as …