InsideCounsel and Foley & Lardner LLP hosted “Resolving IP Disputes” as part of The Web Conference Series for Corporate Counsel. This conference series is designed to help analyze trends facing your corporate legal department and to gain insights into possible solutions.
Whether defending an intellectual property (IP) claim made by another company or asserting IP to achieve business goals, the litigation process can take a toll on a company’s business leaders — and its budget. Regardless of the company’s size, IP litigation can be remarkably expensive and time consuming. Steven C. Becker, Foley IP Department Partner; Scott J. Coonan, Director of IP Litigation & Licensing for Juniper Networks, Inc.; and Jacqueline D. Wright Bonilla, Foley IP Litigation Senior Counsel, as they addressed effective alternative methods of dispute resolution that can be far less costly and lengthy. Topics included:
- Negotiating a resolution: licensing, cross-licensing, and joint ventures
- Use of mediation in settling patent litigation
- Specialized proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)