The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit lessened the need for the role of counsel opinions in In re Seagate Tech., LLC., 497 F.3d 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2007).
“China will surpass Japan and the United States in the annual number of patents by 2011.” However, the corporate and academic believe that “over 50% or even 80% of Chinese patents are junk.”
Astronomical compensation is not new in foreign countries. In recent years, massive awards and enormous claims have been prevalent in the United States.
The defenses based on challenging the validity of patents refer to an argument that the defendant denies plaintiff’s patent validity when being sued for patent infringement.