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Recovery of Damages for Use of the Invention Claimed in a Published Patent Application
Part One of a Two-Part Series
For about 200 years, the United States kept all patent applications confidential prior to issuance of a patent. Sabra Chartrand, A New Law Removes Some Secrecy From the Applications, N.Y. Times, Dec. 4, 2000, at C6. However, as the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) noted, secrecy eventually gave way to global harmonization. Id. Under the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (“AIPA”), patent applications are published by the USPTO 18 months after the earliest claimed filing date. 35 U.S.C. '122(b) (2004). This change in U.S. patent practice presented a risk that a patent applicant's invention, once publicly disclosed, would be vulnerable to unrestrained use until the patent, with its associated intellectual property protections, actually issued. To address the vulnerabilities of a patent applicant prior to issuance of a patent, Congress enacted the Provisional Rights subsection as part of the AIPA.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
How AI Has Affected PR
When we consider how the use of AI affects legal PR and communications, we have to look at it as an industrywide global phenomenon. A recent online conference provided an overview of the latest AI trends in public relations, and specifically, the impact of AI on communications. Here are some of the key points and takeaways from several of the speakers, who provided current best practices, tips, concerns and case studies.