Pillsbury partner Bill Atkins (Litigation/Intellectual Property), a veteran trial and appellate lawyer, is the co-editor of the third edition of Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, a widely cited guide. The Handbook is a key resource in law offices and law schools across the U.S. and around the world. It can be found in more than 100 U.S. law libraries, as well as libraries in Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan and Australia. The American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law and Bureau of National Affairs first published the book in 2000.

Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Third Edition gives you both the how-to and the why-to of patent litigation, with specific, proven tactics for protecting your clients’ interests. Expert litigators provide practical, winning answers to questions such as Why sue in the first place? Should you consider ADR instead? What are your burdens of proof? What types of damages should you seek? and more. Get the discussion, analysis, and the strategic reasoning behind every phase of patent infringement litigation, from initial client counseling through the filing of the Notice of Appeal. Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Third Edition contains updated and expanded discussions and analyses of the most recent trends in patent litigation. The Handbook gives you winning strategies from some of the country s leading attorneys, from both a patent owner’s and a challenger’s point of view.

The Handbook can be found through the American Bar Association and Amazon. Pillsbury offers “friends of the firm” a special 20% discount when ordering through ABA. Use promotional code AUTH13 when ordering.