Rev. ed. of: A primer on intellectual property law and patent litigation / Edward F. O'Connor. c1997.
Includes index.
Antitrust law -- Patent and copyright misuse, tortious interference, trade libel, and other interesting stuff -- Patents -- Discovery -- Attorney-client privilege -- Notes and records -- Court versus jury : who decides what -- Do I really want to try this case to a Judge? -- Expert witnesses -- Patent prosecutors as witnesses -- Infringement -- Doctrine of equivalents -- Claim interpretation -- File wrapper estoppel -- Reissues -- Anticipation and obviousness -- Prior public use -- Reexamination -- Inequitable conduct -- Continuations, divisions, and continuations-in-part -- How continuation practice (like everything else) can be confusing to a Judge -- How do we determine reasonable royalty in litigation? -- Forget everything you think you know about the statue of limitations -- Patent infringement, tortious interference, unfair competition, declaratory judgment-and don't forget venue -- What have you learned? -- Trademarks, service marks, and unfair competition -- Trademarks-use them or lose them -- Trademark infringement -- Trade dress infringement -- Unfair competition -- Courtesy, courtesy, courtesy -- Copyrights -- Other things you need to know about copyrights -- Potential pitfalls from those pesky presumptions -- Cybersquatting -- Can the late Sonny Bono save Mickey Mouse? -- The inkjet aftermarket : what it means to repair/reconstructions-and what does this have to do with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? -- License agreements regarding standing to sue -- What are the biggest loopholes in intellectual property litigation -- Design patents, copyrights, and trademarks -- Caveat -- Insurance -- The gag factor : costs, expenses, and Attorney's fees -- The state of our judiciary -- Checklist of causes of action -- The final chapter