WILLFUL PATENT INFRINGEMENT: BARD V. W.L. GORE'S THOUGHTFUL SHIFT FROM JURY TO JUDGE.

The article discusses the decision of the U. S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in case Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. v. W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. that changed the willful patent infringement landscape. Topics discussed include the concept of patents, patent infringement, and various types of patent damages, practical implications of the Bard case on litigants as well as the court system, and another Federal Circuit case Underwater Devices Inc. v. Morrison-Knudsen Co. Inc.