FAILURE TO MARK - Easy to Neglect, Devestating to Affect

Based upon an article written by Alex Chartove, Partner Alex practices in the Northern Virginia office of Morrison & Foerster, a full-service international law firm known fondly as "MoFo", with offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Morrison & Foerster LLP 1650 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 300 McLean, Virginia 22102 Phone: (703) 760-7700 Fax: (703) 760-7777 Email: achartove@mofo.com You did everything perfect. The claims you wrote are a work of art, and no one can argue they aren't infringed. The prosecution was short, sweet and free of any attack point for the infringer. The inventors were brilliant on the stand, and your expert witness was attractive and articulate, with not just one, but two Nobel prizes to display. The judge went to the same law school that you did, and scowls with disgust every time opposing counsel opens his reptilian mouth. The judge also belongs to your college fraternity, and has given you the secret fraternity sign every time he mounts the bench. The jury loves you, and is wishing they had a U.S. patent so they could retain you to represent them. As expected, the jury finds your client's patent valid and Willfully infringed, taking less than ten minutes to do so, and the judge beams approval. But then the greatest triumph of your life to date turns to ashes as the judge, with a tear in his eye, announces sadly that your client gets not a nickel, and your client turns on you like a rabid dog. How could this nightmare happen, and how can you make sure it never happens to you? Mark, my friend, make sure they mark, and take this course.

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