How to Defeat Goliath in a Patent Infringement Battle
October 15, 2020 | BY
Susan MokTimothy Bickham, Matthew Bathon, Michael Flynn-O'Brien and Hui Shen of Steptoe & Johnson LLP discuss the patent infringement battle between Autel Robotics, which they represented, and DJI and the strategies used to enable smaller or foreign companies facing patent litigation in the United States to not only defend but counter-attack a much larger opponent
For years, Chinese companies have been the targets of patent infringement litigation in the United States. These cases have historically taken two forms: lawsuits filed in one or more of the federal courts located throughout the United States (district courts), or investigations conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington, D.C.