Tim Wang《美国专利诉讼最新进展和中国企业应对诉讼一些具体策略和方法》讲座提纲.pdfVIP

Recent Developments in U.S. Patent Law and Opportunities for Chinese Companies (美国专利诉讼的最新发展及中国企业的契机和应对策略) Tim Wang, Esq. Ni, Wang Massand, PLLC June 6, 2015 1 Outline （大纲） Recent Development in U.S. Patent Litigation ( 美国专利诉讼最新发展) The Balance Is Tilted in Favor of Defendants More Defensive Weapons for Accused Infringers StrategicThinking for Chinese Companies (中国 企业的契机和战略思考) 2 Recent Developments in U.S. Patent Litigation (美国专利诉讼近况) 3 The Balance Is Tilted in Favor of Defendants (诉讼的天平在向被告倾斜)  Supreme Court’s recent opinions overruled several longtime Federal Circuit precedents  The balance is titled in favor of accused infringers in patentability and validity.  More effective weapons for accused infringers to defend themselves 4 Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank - Patentability (Alice 判决- 技术发明可专利性) Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank –Most Important Patent Opinion in 2014  Holding that the claims are invalid for patenting an abstract idea of mitigating “settlement risk” in a financial transaction  Laying out a two-step framework to determine patentability  Holding that implementing an abstract idea on a general purpose computer does not render the invention patent- eligible, and the format of the claim makes no difference 5 Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank (如何判断 可专利性) How to determine whether an invention is patentable? Step 2: Is the claim Step 1: Is the claim YES? –Take Step 2 directed to an abstract amounts to “significantly idea?