Recently Asked Questions - Litigation

WHAT ABOUT WEB SITES? In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009 I would like to create an online matching service web. Let?s take match.com as a similar example. 1--If I use the same system that match.com uses but add sections, some functionality and have a differ...   Read More    Answer

Re: Use patented products commercially?? In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009 I think you definitely have a copyright violation without a license.     Read More    Answer

What exactly is infringment? In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009 First, I should say that I am not an inventor or attorney, but simply someone in a company who is trying to understand a little about patents. I have been able to find a great deal of information on writi...   Read More    Answer

A common misconception? In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009 On other internet forums, I find a common misconception... It seems that many people believe that patent infringement does not include things made for personal use.   For example, if someone pate...   Read More    Answer

The MOST basic Infringment Q EVER! In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009 If you had a 2 apparatus claims and 1 method claim, can your patent infringe if the prior patent has both the apparatus claims?   Meaning you just get the method of making/using it? If a patent h...   Read More    Answer

International Product Problem In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009 I'm interested in distributing a product that is manufactured in Australia. However, there is a patent on the product in the U.S. Is this infringement? Note that I am not manufacturing the product, but merel...   Read More    Answer

infringement or not In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009 Can any one please find an answer for this A company, 'X' wants to market a composition comprising an acetate salt of compound 'A' in th UK. Its competitor, 'Y' holds a patent for the composition comp...   Read More    Answer

Losing your patent In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009 Hello, Someone told me that if a person has a patent and sees that another person is infringing on it, the patent holder must try to stop the infringer or the patent holder will lose his/her patent. &...   Read More    Answer

Copying after purchasing In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009 This question is pertaining to Canadian Patent Law....wasn't sure where this page hails from. If a company purchases an item or a system that is patented do they then have the right to reproduce the i...   Read More    Answer

Inequitable Conduct In Litigation    -  updated on 2/26/2009 A patent issues with independent claim to novel folding lawn chair.  Dependent claim includes an attached drink holder known by applicant to be prior art, but not disclosed.  In litigation over the...   Read More    Answer