New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Patent Infringement Remedies Analyzes Recent Developments in Patent Infringement Cases

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announced today the publication of the 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Patent Infringement Remedies. The supplement and its main volume are both published by BNA Books.

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BNA Books provides practitioners with a groundbreaking resource on recovery for patent infringement. This treatise provides insight on how patent infringement awards are achieved, so practitioners can secure the best remedies for their clients. It also includes:

• Topical consideration of lost profits determinations, including the Panduit factors
• Reasonable royalty damages determinations, including the Georgia-Pacific factors to be considered in calculating reasonable royalty
• Preliminary and permanent injunctions
• Willful infringement and exceptional case findings
• The award of enhanced damages and attorney fees
• The award of interest and costs
• Limitations on damages recovery, including the section 286 bar and marking
• Special remedial provisions

The 2009 Cumulative Supplement covers major new cases and provides substantive updates, including:

• DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., dealing with lost profits, reasonable royalty, willful infringement, and attorney fees
• Abbott Labs. v. Sandoz, Inc. covering preliminary injunction—the burden of showing likelihood of success where an invalidity defense is being raised
• In re TS Tech USA Corp., In re Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., and In re Genentech, Inc. which deal with writs of mandamus authorizing 28 USC section 1404(a) transfer from the Eastern District of Texas
• In re Bilski, In re Comiskey, and In re Ferguson, which deal with new patentable subject matter tests
• Proveris Scientific Corp. Innovasystems, Inc. on the refined 35 U.S.C. section 271(e)(1) infringement defense standard
• Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc. on the new design patent infringement test
• A new Appendix covering the E-National Jury Instruction Project Model Patent Jury Instructions  

Patent Infringement Remedies with the 2009 Cumulative Supplement is a comprehensive resource on the law and practice governing patent infringement remedies.    

Lawrence M. Sung, the author of the treatise and its supplement, practices intellectual property law with Nixon Peabody LLP, in Washington, DC, and is a professor and Director of the IP Law Project at the University of Maryland School of Law. He has published extensively on issues in many areas of intellectual property law, including biotechnology and technology transfer.  

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