Type of Credit: Elective
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This course provides to students basic knowledge of U.S patent litigation in a procedural aspect. The topics cover “cease and desist letters,” declaratory judgment jurisdiction, Rule 12(b)(2) motion, Rule 12(b)(6) motion, venue, discovery, “attorney-client privilege and work product immunity,” Rule 11 sanction, expert witness, and joinder under 35 U.S.C. § 299.
能力項目說明
This course aims at exposing students to various procedural issues in U.S. patent litigation. Students also learn how to research U.S. law.
After this course, students will gain an ability to strategically manage U.S. patent litigation as an in-house legal staff.
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
|---|---|---|
Week 1-9/13-Introduction: (1) IP Litigation Guide: Patents & Trade Secrets [IPLITGUIDE]; (2) Pat. Disputes Litig Forms & Analysis [PDLFA]; (3) Intell. Prop. Litig. Pretrial Prac. [IPTPP].
Week 2-9/20-U.S. Federal Legal System
Week 3-9/27-U.S. Federal Civil Procedure
Week 4-10/4-Cease and Desist Letters; Declaratory Judgment: (1) 1 IP Litigation Guide: Patents & Trade Secrets § 2:16; (2) Intell. Prop. Litig. Pretrial Prac. § 3.02; (3) Applied Materials Inc. v. Cohen, No. 17-CV-04990-EMC, 2018 WL 1400378 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 20, 2018).
Week 5-10/11-Personal Jurisdiction and Rule 12(b)(2) Motion: (1) 1 IP Litigation Guide: Patents & Trade Secrets § 3:1; (2) Intell. Prop. Litig. Pretrial Prac. § 3.01[B][1]; (3) Intell. Prop. Litig. Pretrial Prac. § 3.01[B][2]; (4) Orange Elec. Co. v. Autel Intelligent Tech. Corp., No. 2:21-CV-00240-JRG, 2022 WL 4368160 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 21, 2022).
Week 6-10/18-Misjoinder & 35 U.S.C. § 299: (1) Ping-Hsun Chen, Problematic Federal District Court Approaches to the Joinder Clause Under the America Invents Act, 56 IDEA: J. Franklin Pierce for Intell. Prop. 99 (2016); (2) Ravgen, Inc. v. Quest Diagnostics Inc., No. 221CV09011RGKGJS, 2022 WL 2047614 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 27, 2022).
Week 7-10/25-Venue and Motion to Transfer Venue: (1) 1 IP Litigation Guide: Patents & Trade Secrets § 4:1; (2) Pat. Disputes Litig Forms & Analysis § 4.03[A]; (3) Intell. Prop. Litig. Pretrial Prac. § 3.03; (4) SVV Tech. Innovations, Inc. v. Acer Inc., No. 6:22-CV-639-ADA, 2023 WL 2764765 (W.D. Tex. Apr. 3, 2023).
Week 8-11/1- Complaint & Rule 12(b)(6) Motion: (1) 1 IP Litigation Guide: Patents & Trade Secrets § 8:5; (2) Pat. Disputes Litig Forms & Analysis § 3.02[A]; (3) Safe Haven Wildlife Removal & Prop. Mgmt. Experts, LLC v. Meridian Wildlife Servs., LLC, No. 7:21-CV-00577, 2023 WL 2760077 (W.D. Va. Mar. 31, 2023).
Week 9-11/8-U.S. Legal Research Methodology; Research Planning Discussion I
Week 10-11/15-Discovery & Motion to Compel: (1) 2 IP Litigation Guide: Patents & Trade Secrets § 13:61; (2) Pat. Disputes Litig Forms & Analysis § 5.09[A]; (3) Chervon (HK) Ltd. v. One World Techs., Inc., No. CV 19-1293-GBW, 2023 WL 179794 (D. Del. Jan. 13, 2023).
Week 11-11/22-Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Immunity: (1) 2 IP Litigation Guide: Patents & Trade Secrets §§ 13:10, 13:17; (2) Intell. Prop. Litig. Pretrial Prac. §§ 9.02, 9.09; (3) Hoist Fitness Sys., Inc. v. TuffStuff Fitness Int'l, Inc., No. EDCV171388ABKKX, 2018 WL 8193374 (C.D. Cal. May 14, 2018).
Week 12-11/29-參與「2023年第二十七屆全國科技法律研討會」
Week 13-12/6-Expert Witness: (1) Pat. Disputes Litig Forms & Analysis § 5A.02./OR Invited Lecture
Week 14-12/13-Rule 11 Sanction and Patent Trolls
Week 15-12/20-Research Planning Discussion II
Week 16-12/27-Self-Planned Learning: Term Paper Writing
Week 17-1/3-Self-Planned Learning: Term Paper Writing
Week 18-1/10-Term Paper Due
Teaching Method: This course is a lecture-based course.
Learning Activity: Each student is required to conduct an in-depth research about any procedural issue to gain more research experiences.
Homework: several.
The grading is based on the four components: class participation (10%), independent research (20%), oral presentation (20%), and term paper (50%).
Cases and journal articles.
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