Thomas L. Irving

Unique Aspects of U.S. Patent Protection
Thomas L. Irving, Ningling Wang, July 10, 2009, previously published by China Legal Review on June 2007
Innovation powered by patent protection has been becoming a widely-spread slogan in China, especially for large Chinese enterprises and privately-owned high-tech companies. Major filing increases in the past few years are no doubt positive signs that Chinese companies value patent protection and...

The Inequitable Conduct Plague in U.S. Patent Litgation: Is it Over and is the CAFC Moving Away from an Absolute Liability Standard?
Thomas L. Irving, Adriana Leigh Burgy, Stacy D. Lewis, July 13, 2009, previously published by BNA International's IP & Technology Programme on April 2006
Finnegan Henderson lawyers Thomas Irving and Adriana Burgy with law clerk Stacy Lewis authored a BNA International IP & Technology Programme article about recent Federal Circuit cases that discuss inequitable conduct. Starting with the decision in Purdue Pharma v. Endo Pharmaceuticals the...