Patent Litigation Expert Toolkit | Practical Law

Patent Litigation Expert Toolkit | Practical Law

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.

Patent Litigation Expert Toolkit

Practical Law Toolkit w-001-3417 (Approx. 12 pages)

Patent Litigation Expert Toolkit

by Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology
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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.
  • Expert reports addressing:
    • infringement;
    • non-infringement;
    • invalidity;
    • validity;
    • ineligibility; and
    • damages.
  • Expert declarations supporting summary judgment motions.
  • Examination outlines for depositions and trial.
  • Daubert motions and motions in limine.