December 2016
Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society
By Richard L. Stroup; Kelly Lu; Daniel G. Chung
In 1977, the original article was published in this Journal, authored by a younger version of one of the authors, at the start of his legal career. Since then, much has changed. The Federal Circuit was created and given exclusive jurisdiction over patent appeals. The Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, the district courts, and the U.S. Claims Court have published additional precedent, refining the law and its application. Congress has made a few changes to the law, although the majority of controlling statutes and types of available awards remain much the same.3 Yet, since 1977 the interpretation and application of the law has shifted in many ways.
In preparing this revisit, we have started with the original article, while enlarging its scope and reorganizing its approach. The revisit explains the changes in the law and its application and also addresses recoveries and issues that were not presented in the original article. We have focused on controlling statutes and rules and precedent from the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit, with the goal of providing a broad overview of the principles and factors that control. We have identified areas where the law of the regional circuits applies. We have cited lower court decisions to identify issues or views that help fill in this overview. In this article, Finnegan attorneys Richard L. Stroup, Cecilia Sanabria, Kelly Lu, and Daniel G. Chung discuss the law and procedures regarding monetary recovery.
Originally printed in Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society in December 2016. This article is for informational purposes, is not intended to constitute legal advice, and may be considered advertising under applicable state laws. This article is only the opinion of the authors and is not attributable to Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, or the firm's clients.
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