SETTLEMENT OF PATENT LITIGATION AND DISPUTES

Improving Decisions and Agreements to Settle and License

 

Early Commentary 

 

John Schlicher’s book on the settlement of patent infringement disputes is a must read for practitioners who are involved in such disputes.

Too often, settlement is viewed as a prerogative. One has to give up something that one would otherwise be entitled to in order to reach an accord. The book makes clear a settlement is nothing more than an agreement. Its value is dependent upon its terms - not its form. Schlicher points out the advantages that can be achieved by a settlement, when it is contrasted with the alternative of litigation.

The book provides a most useful model of settlement decisions and walks the reader through the use of the model in various situations in order to reach an agreement.

Supporting data and the applicable law are also supplied, which enables the reader to draft a form of settlement for his particular dispute. The book points the direction of accommodation which, depending upon the particular facts of each case, may be in the best interests of all. In any event, it is a primer that all will find helpful.

Hon. Charles B. Renfrew, San Francisco, California

Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Vice-President of Legal Affairs of Chevron Corporation, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, Partner in Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro and LeBoeuf, Lamb, President of the American College of Trial Lawyers

 

John Schlicher's new book, Settlement of Patent Litigation and Disputes – Improving Decisions and Agreements to Settle and License, is an in-depth "A to Z" treatment of the subjects it addresses, and it should be studied - not just read, but studied - by all lawyers and business persons involved in patent litigation settlements and in patent licensing.  It lays out the economic and financial considerations applicable to virtually all patent settlement and licensing decisions.  If understood and applied by those involved in settlements and licensing it will lead to better decision making and more efficient and effective outcomes.  It should be in the library of every executive or attorney having a responsibility for such activities.

 

Cecil Quillen, Richmond, Virginia

 

Research Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of the University of Richmond School of Law, and Senior Advisor, Cornerstone Research.  Mr. Quillen is former General Counsel of Eastman Kodak where he was a Senior Vice President and Director

 

 

 

 

JOHN W. SCHLICHER

PATENTS, PATENT LITIGATION, PATENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND

SETTLEMENT, LICENSING, ANTITRUST, LAW AND ECONOMICS