Patents and the Federal Circuit / Robert L. Harmon (1938-2010), Islamorada, Florida, Chicago, Illinois, Oxford, Wisconsin, Cynthia A. Homan and Charles M. McMahon, Brinks Gilson & Lione.
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Patents and the Federal Circuit / Robert L. Harmon (1938-2010), Islamorada, Florida, Chicago, Illinois, Oxford, Wisconsin, Cynthia A. Homan and Charles M. McMahon, Brinks Gilson & Lione.
I. Patentability -- Patents -- Utility and eligibility -- Novelty and loss of right -- Nonobviousness -- Specification and claims -- II. Claim construction and infringement -- Claim construction -- Literal infringement -- Infringement by equivalents -- III. Ownership and enforcement -- Ownership of patent rights -- Infringement litigation : jurisdiction and pleading -- Infringement litigation : pretrial procedure -- Infringement litigation : defenses -- Infringement litigation : trial and judgment -- Other litigation -- IV. Remedies -- Damages, interest, and costs -- Injunctive relief -- Increased damages and attorney fees -- V. The Patent Office -- Patent prosecution -- VI. The Federal Circuit -- Federal Circuit jurisdiction and appealability -- Federal Circuit practice -- General legal principles.