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- A unique and well-organized tool for confronting practical ethical issues and conflicts of interest that increasingly arise in patent litigation.
- This book is a unique treatise on patent litigation, covering multifaceted aspects of the law, including essential patent ethics rules and case law, as well as practice-oriented strategies and examples to assist practitioners.
- Written by respected practitioner and professor with many years of experience in patent.
Patent Ethics: Litigation serves as a guide to the ethical issues arising in the course of the patent litigation process. By providing relevant rules and case law, it allows practitioners to identify ethical problems before they arise and to address them most effectively when they do. Patent Ethics: Litigationis the second of two volumes on patent ethics-the first is on prosecution-written by Professor David Hricik and Drinker Biddle partner Mercedes Meyer. This treatise is the first of its kind to combine the PTO rules with commentary by the author, which distills the author's own experience and expertise in patent litigation into effective practice strategies.
Readership: U.S.-based patent litigators, private-practice attorneys and agents, in-house intellectual property departments, foreign law practitioners overseeing U.S. operations, and law schools.
The contents of the book will follow the Ethics Rules in the PTO Code, with practice commentary added after each rule.
Professor Hricik has chaired the ethics and professionalism committees of both the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the IP Section of the ABA. He has taught patent law and professional responsibility, and also serves as a loss prevention consultant and as an expert witness in patent infringement suits, disqualification proceedings, and legal malpractice arising from both patent prosecution and litigation. He also has served as an expert on behalf of the PTO's Office of Enrollment and Discipline.
"...the book is a significant and useful addition to the scant literature on patent litigation ethics. Not only is this book currently the best resource available on the topic, its thoroughness will make it essential to litigators for years to come."
--David L. Schwartz, Chicago-Kent College of Law
"David Hricik is the authority that the intellectual property community relies on for answers to ethics issues in patent litigation. This book should be on the shelf of every patent litigator."
--Nick Godici
"David Hricik is the nation's leading expert on patent ethics. This is an important book on an important topic."
--Mark Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Director, Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology
Partner, Durie Tangri LLP
"David Hricik's latest book, Patent Ethics: Litigation, is a necessary reference for any law firm or company handling intellectual property work and for students pursuing this area of law...The book is small enough to take to court yet comprehensive enough to be an aid to the most complicated case...Should be an essential part of the patent litigator's repertoire." -- AALL Spectrum blog
"Hricik's expertise in ethics and patent litigation offers effective practice strategies for attorneys." -- The Florida Bar Journal
"...it is an important reference for patent litigators...the book is a significant and useful addition to the scant literature on patent litigation ethics. Not only is this book currently the best resource available on the topic, its thoroughness will make it essential to litigators for years to come." -- The IP Law Book Review
