Author: Doug Gibson

Agfa Graphics v. Fujifilm (The Hague 2015) (analysis of whether patents acquired after execution date of a worldwide Agreement were subject to option)

AbbVie European Patent Office Proceedings involving several Oppositions (EPO 2015-16) (analysis of national (U.S.) law concerning “successor in title” issues for purposes of priority under Article 87(1) of the European Patent Treaty, arising from Abbott Laboratories acquisition of BASF’s pharmaceutical business)

Bayer CropScience A.G. v. Dow AgroScience LLC (ICC NYC 2014) (construction of patent cross license)

Spalding v. Maxim Bungalows Cofresi (Cal. Super Ct. 2014) (analysis of mark license in respect of quality control vs. management control)

Sony Mobile Communications v. Koninklijke Philips (The Hague 2014) (construction of patent cross licenses to determine under which license(s) patents had been licensed and determination of status of entity acquired after license agreement)

Comcast Corp. v. C-cation, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2012) (characteristics of patent infringement settlements)

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. v. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Dusseldorf, Germany District Court 2012) (construction of patent cross license agreements)

Institute Francais du Petrole v. Texaco Dev. Corp. (S.D.N.Y. 2009) (construction of agreement to transfer certain interests in patents)

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. v. Imation Europe B.V. (Duesseldorf, Germany District Court 2009) (expertise concerning license grant in a patent cross license)

Rhodianyl S.N.C. v. KoSa France Holding S.a..r.l. (ICC Paris 2009) (clean room development)