Patent Dispute Resolution and Litigation Settlement Experience

 

He has participated in settlement of many patent infringement actions and resolution of many other potential infringement actions. He has been appointed by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to mediate patent disputes.  He developed and has for many years used a system to help patent owners and potential patent infringers make decisions about settlement of patent litigation and licensing.  The system is described later (link).  

 

Licensing and other IP Transaction Experience

 

He has designed, prepared, and negotiated many research and development, patent license, know-how license, and copyright license agreements involving biotechnology products, pharmaceuticals, software, automated databases, catalysts, document processing systems, semiconductor devices, semiconductor equipment, and others.  He wrote and negotiated some of the earliest research, development, and license agreements between biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies (modified versions of which are still in use).  He has prepared and negotiated research and license agreements between universities and commercial companies.

 

Among others, he has represented companies in the following patent licensing matters: Genentech in connection with a variety of biotechnology patents; BioGrowth connection with pharmaceutical product patents; Children’s Hospital Medical Center in connection with pharmaceutical product patents; Varian Associates in connection with semiconductor process and equipment patents; Alps Electric in connection with touchpad patents;  Samsung in connection with a variety of semiconductor device and process patents; Bridgestone-Firestone in connection with polymer patents; Mitsubishi Electric in connection with semiconductor device patents; Corning Incorporated in connection with optical switch patents; Coca-Cola in connection with beverage container patents; Strasbaugh in connection with semiconductor equipment and process patents; and TRW Financial Systems in connection with image-based document processing system patents.

 

He has served as a consulting and testifying expert on licensing.

 

Antitrust Experience

 

He has advised clients on the antitrust and misuse limits on creating and exploiting intellectual property rights in connection with licensing transaction and litigation matters.  He has represented clients in litigation involving patent-related antitrust claims and patent misuse defenses.

 

JOHN W. SCHLICHER

PATENTS, PATENT LITIGATION, PATENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND

SETTLEMENT, LICENSING, ANTITRUST, LAW AND ECONOMICS