Enforcing IP in a Pandemic: Considerations, Risks, and Strategies
Since the health crisis started in March, we have seen a variety of approaches to IP enforcement actions, ranging from courts admonishing attempts to enjoin IP infringement under certain circumstances to public statements by patent owners on not enforcing COVID-19-related IP during the pandemic. Troutman Pepper IP attorneys analyze the nonlegal considerations that affect decisions on whether to engage in patent enforcement activities, and what other steps and considerations may be made during times of crisis in the context of litigation, prosecution, USPTO proceedings, and licensing.