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Introduction
Lee County Courthouse, Giddings, Texas.
Figure 2.1 (credit: modification of work “Lee County Courthouse, Giddings, Texas 1805081201” by Patrick Feller/rights holder/flikr.com, CC BY 2.0)

Chapter Outline

2.1 The Right to Enforce Patents
2.2 Deciding Whether and How to Enforce a Patent
2.3 Patent Litigation
2.4 Getting Started
2.5 Pretrial Procedures
2.6 Trial
2.7 Post-Trial Procedures
2.8 Appeals
2.9 Litigation Alternatives
2.10 Patent Trolls and Efforts to Thwart Them

Introduction