Patent Protection: Defenses – Options, Strategies, Procedures

With the development of industry and technology, patent infringement disputes become very common while competitors strive to occupy as big a proportion of the market share in the relative industry as possible. For a business entity, attention should be paid not only to the enforcing of its patent to stop a competitor's infringing upon the patent but also to the defending against the enforcement of a patent by the competitor. For a business entity involved in a patent infringement lawsuit, there are some defences to consider protecting its lawful rights and interests against the plaintiff's allegation of patent infringement. This article aims to give a brief introduction to some of the optional defences, strategies and relative procedures for a defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit.