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Patent litigation has shown a persistent and unrelenting growth, with the stakes and costs growing accordingly. Leveraging its deep industry knowledge and relationships, Red Chalk Group offers a broad range of patent litigation services that can significantly lower litigation costs and improve the odds of winning a case: claim chart drafting, expert witness placement, invalidity prior art searching, and damages assessment.
Red Chalk Group has a deep and rich network of technical experts who are leaders in their respective areas of technology and who have experience providing testimony in patent litigation cases – testimony that stands up to rigorous scrutiny.
Prior to joining your case or matter, our experts are screened by our placement team, who has significant, patent litigation experience as attorneys and professionals. This ensures that you save money on the initial efforts to identify the right expert and increase your odds of success.
Our experts know how to simplify technology for effective results and are experienced in all facets of patent litigation: infringement and noninfringement claim chart drafting (see above), expert reports, expert depositions, and court testimony. We have also provided experts across all the litigation-intensive industries: semiconductors, telecommunications equipment, wireless technologies, networking equipment, software, consumer/industrial electronics, computing, chemicals, energy, nanotechnology, and medical devices.
Finally, at Red Chalk Group, tight deadlines are our specialty – if you are in urgent need of an expert, we can help. Please call us to discuss all your expert related needs.
Whether you have been put on notice of potential infringement or sued for infringement, patent validity is always in question. Our clients choose Red Chalk Group to assist them in invalidating patents through our comprehensive and exhaustive prior art search services. Our team of experts has experience in identifying prior art that may be useful in invalidating a patent, and thus avoiding or shortening a patent infringement suit.
Red Chalk Group not only searches the usual patent and technical literature databases, but also taps the collective knowledge of its technical expert network to deconstruct the technology’s development. These experts provide us with unique access to archives, records, speeches, and technical papers of those individuals and firms involved in the technology’s development. We then evaluate this information to identify the invalidating prior art.
Our focused efforts typically yield results that can invalidate a patent within a three month time frame, significantly reducing legal costs and minimizing legal risks associated with other patent litigation defenses. In many cases, clients use Red Chalk Group’s invalidity services along with their outside counsel’s services. Our services are particularly useful for those dealing with NPEs (non-practicing entities).
In high-stakes patent litigation, it is not enough to try to invalidate the adversary’s patent. Maximizing your negotiating leverage is critical. Red Chalk Group can help you do so by also finding and obtaining patents for workarounds or counterclaims. We have the experience and the unique capabilities to identify the owners with the desired assets, value those assets, and negotiate the deal.
Infringement Claim Charts
Assessing whether you have an infringement case frequently begins with a detailed mapping of claims to a potential infringer’s product. Developing a claim chart involves closely integrating legal and technical expertise, as each claim is mapped directly to a product’s technical specifications. In some cases, this requires detailed technical forensic work, and in others, complex reverse engineering. Red Chalk’s team of experts is well-versed in these analyses and in drafting effective claim charts.
For any case, claim construction is critical. Our claim charts can also identify potential terms at issue and can provide a technical expert’s explanation of these terms.
Red Chalk’s expert team can be involved at any stage of litigation, from the pre-suit investigation, to interrogatory drafting, to claim construction briefing. We work with in-house counsel, outside law firms, or both.
Non-infringement Claim Charts
Similarly, if you are presented with an infringement claim chart, our team of experts has extensive experience in working through the claim chart and determining the claim chart’s merits. We can then summarize our analysis in concise noninfringement claim charts.
In sum, it is the Red Chalk Group’s goal to find the most economical approach to support your infringement claims or to help defend against infringement allegations.
Effective representation in intellectual property disputes also requires sophisticated economic and financial analysis. At Red Chalk Group, our team of economic and financial experts has experience covering not only patent litigation, but also disputes related to trade secrets, royalty rates, patent assertion, and technology licensing across a broad range of industries.
We address issues related to lost or reduced profits, reasonable royalties, price erosion, future lost profits, and market size. In addition, we can determine how potential damages may be affected by laches, estoppels and markings issues. We also work closely with counsel to assess the value of patents, trademarks/brand names, licensing agreements, and other intellectual property.
At Red Chalk Group, we can help you achieve significant cost savings as well as improve your odds of success in your patent litigation. Our specialized knowledge base and extensive network of technical experts are the foundations for our success. Contact us for specific details at litigationsupport@redchalkgroup.com.
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