Resources concerning experts in patent litigation, including sample infringement, non-infringement, invalidity, and validity expert reports and declarations, deposition and trial examination outlines, and additional resources on finding, selecting, and using experts in patent cases.
Experts play a critical role in patent infringement litigation. Experts often provide important testimony concerning almost all aspects of patent litigation, including:
Key claims and defenses, including infringement and validity.
Claim construction.
The state of the art of the subject matter of the patents-in-suit, including explanations of the relevant technology.
Patent damages and other economic analyses.
This Toolkit provides several continuously maintained resources designed to help a patent owner or accused infringer's counsel use experts in a patent cases, including:
Resources explaining how to find, select, and use experts at deposition and trial.
Privilege and confidentiality considerations for experts.