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PatentactivityfrombigcorporationsandhomegrowninventorsalikeisboomingintheUnitedStates;alongsideallthispatentactivityisasurgeincomplicatedlegalactioninvolvingpatents,copyrights,trademarks,andtradesecrets.IntheheadlineseverydayarepatentlawsuitswithbignamessuchasBlackBerry®(RIMM),eBay,Procter&Gamble,andCoca-Colainvolvedinbiglawsuits,withbigmoney—andbigideas—atstake.EditedbyDanielSlottje,aleadinglitigationconsultant,EconomicDamagesinIntellectualProperty:AHands-OnGuidetoLitigationisatimelyguidebookfilledwithinsightfulcontributionsfromexperts—includingintellectualproperty(IP)professionals,attorneys,economicsprofessors,certifiedpublicaccountants,andotherdamagesprofessionals.Intelligentandrevealing,theseinsidersshedauthoritativelightonhowtoquantifydamagesinlitigationmattersinvolvingIP.Thoroughlyresearchedandpractical,thisguidepresentsindispensableanalysisofcasesprovidinginformationonhoweconomicanalysisinsupportofIPlitigationmattersisperformedandhowthatinformationcanbedisseminatedforabetterunderstandingofthecaseathand.ThisimportantbookprovidesIPprofessionalsandlawyerswithcomprehensivecoverageof:Patent,copyright,andtrademarkcasesandeconomicdamagesEconomicprinciplesappliedtoIPlitigationLostprofitanalysisReasonableroyaltyanalysisEconomicdamagequantificationEvaluationofdamageclaimsintradesecretscasesQuantificationofdamagesCommonlydebatedissuesinperformingeconomicdamagesanalysesinintellectualpropertymattersWithreal-worldcasestudiesinvolvingwell-knowncompaniestohelpmaketheconceptsclearandaccessible,EconomicDamagesinIntellectualProperty:AHands-OnGuidetoLitigationdemystifiesthisprocesstowardsanunderstandingofhowdamagesarecalculatedandhowthatinformationcanbeusedincasesofalltypes.作者简介:DANIELSLOTTJEisaSeniorManagingDirectorinFTIConsultingInc.'sForensicandLitigationConsultingpractice,andprovidesconsultingservicestoclientsinvariousindustries.Hehassignificantexperienceinlitigationconsultinginintellectualpropertymatters,includingpatentinfringementissues,copyrightsandtrademarks,aswellastradesecrets.Inadditiontoadvisingcounsel,hehasprovidedtestimonyintheseandothermatters.Dr.SlottjeisaProfessorofEconomicsatSouthernMethodistUniversityinDallasandisaformerpartnerinaninternationalconsultingfirm.Hehaspublishedmorethan120articlesandwrittenseveralbooksoneconomicissues.Dr.Slottjewasrankedoneofthetopthreeappliedeconometriciansintheworld(outof5,000people),basedonnumberofpublishedarticlesintopeconometricsjournalsin1999.HehasbeenquotedinnationalnewspapersandhasappearedonFox,CBS,andNBCaffiliates.