BNA Books' New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to 'Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Second Edition' Provides the Knowledge, Insights, and Strategies to Win Patent Cases

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announced today the publication of the 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Second Edition. The reference is written by experienced litigators from the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law.

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Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Second Edition gives both the "how-to" and the "why-to" of patent litigation, with specific, proven tactics for protecting clients' interests. Expert litigators provide practical, winning answers to questions such as, "Why sue in the first place?" "Should you consider ADR instead?" "What are your burdens of proof?" "What types of damages should you seek?" and more. This treatise provides discussion, analysis, and strategic reasoning behind every phase of patent infringement litigation, from initial client counseling through the filing of the notice of appeal.

Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Second Edition contains updated and expanded discussions and analyses of the most recent trends in patent litigation. For example, pharmaceutical patent cases are among the most litigious areas -- but only about 3 percent of all patent cases go to trial, while the number of ANDA cases being tried are significantly higher. This treatise also supplies winning strategies from some of the country's leading attorneys, from both a patent owner's and a challenger's point of view, and clarifies the confusion and controversy over claim construction that has followed the Federal Circuit's 1995 Markman decision by discussing procedural developments and pronouncements on claim construction and how to address them.

The 2009 Cumulative Supplement tracks the rapid pace of change in patent law being brought about by decisions of the courts and developments in the rules of patentable subject matter. Key topics include: ways to limit the scope of electronic discovery by setting reasonable limits on the scope of electronically stored information that will be incorporated into the court's scheduling order; invalidity issues of claim construction considered in a Markman hearing as discussed in Exxon Research & Eng'g Co. v. United States; and the substantive difference between the more stringent Seagate recklessness standard for willfulness and the old duty-of-care standard according to the Federal Circuit in Voda v. Cordis Corp.

The editors-in-chief of this treatise are Barry L. Grossman, of counsel at Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI and Gary M. Hoffman, a partner in Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, DC. The chapter authors represent a cross-section of the most skilled patent litigators in the U.S.

BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to the 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Second Edition, BNA's Book Division publishes Anatomy of a Patent Case; Biotechnology and the Federal Circuit; Copyright Law Deskbook; Drafting Patent License Agreements; Electronic and Software Patents; Intellectual Property Taxation: Transaction and Litigation Issues; International Patent Litigation: A Country-by-Country Analysis; Patents and the Federal Circuit; Patent Infringement Remedies; Patent Law and Practice; Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure; Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws; Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations; Pharmaceutical Patent Law; Trademark Dilution: Federal, State, and International Law; Trademark Infringement Remedies; and other titles in legal specialties. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to [email protected]. The BNA Books website, including an online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com.

The 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Second Edition (612 pp. Softcover/Order #1825-PRY9/$190.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) may be purchased alone, or with the main volume (2005/1,548 pp. Hardcover with 2009 Cumulative Supplement/Order #9825-PRY9/$385.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220. Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. A 10% discount is available on print copies of books when ordering from the website at bnabooks.com. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

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