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Ruling in Qualcomm-Broadcom Fight Brings Back Opinion Letters for Patent Cases

By Philip Brooks

Zusha Elinson writes on September 25, 2008 for The Recorder at Law.com: Opinion letters are back in vogue for patent cases, after a Wednesday ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Opinion letters from outside counsel assuring a client it hasn't infringed someone's patent are expensive for the client, and complicated for the attorneys when privilege must be waived to introduce the letters in court. Recently deemed less than vital to winning, the letters were no longer r read more

Full post as published by Philip Brooks’ Patent Infringement Updates on September 25, 2008 (boomark / email).