Patent Law

If you are in Silicon Valley, you may want to check out the above-titled breakfast hosted by Farella Braun + Martel LLP on April 21, 2010:

Over the past few years, it has not been uncommon to read about patent cases in which the patent owner has received a judgment of hundreds of millions ? if not billions ? of dollars against the accused infringer. Since these reports tend to be light on specifics, one is left to wonder: ?How did they get to such a staggering number ? and how high can this go??

In addition to striking fear into technology companies and accused infringers, these stratospheric damage awards have caught the attention of legal commentators ? as well as the courts, and even Congress. In this program, a patent litigator and a damages expert will discuss how recent court decisions are shaping the way patent damages are calculated and what further changes, including legislation in Congress, may loom on the horizon.

The program will highlight:

• The basic framework for computing damages in a patent case
• How damage numbers can get very big, very quickly
• Recent court decisions which have caused lawyers and experts to rethink their approaches to damages
• How the Patent Reform Act may affect damage calculations ? if it ever gets passed

Register here.