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Patent Re-Exam Wipes Out Verdict, Federal Circuit Rules

By Barry Barnett on July 3, 2013

You can try a patent infringement case, win a verdict awarding millions in damages, and prevail on appeal as to the other side's invalidity defense, but still lose the case because the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office later declares the patent invalid.

So held the Federal Circuit, by a 2-1 vote, on July 2, 2013. Fresenius …

Posted in Intellectual Property

Sales of Fake Handbags Earn $3.5 Million Trademark Award — on Summary Judgment

By Barry Barnett on March 29, 2012

Blawgletter marvels at the audacity of people who make, import, and sell knock-offs of famous brands of what you call luxury goods — mostly purses and watches but lots of other high-end, show-off stuff, too.

We suspect they know that the wages of their trademark rip-off sin will run steep — but only if Louis…

Posted in Intellectual Property

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Barnett is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, a partner in Susman Godfrey’s Dallas and New York offices, and a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. With three decades of trial work representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Barnett is a master strategist in complex commercial litigation.

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