The database LitAlert, mounted on both Questel-Orbit and Dialog, lets you do
just that. It includes references to infringement litigation lawsuits filed
in the ninety-four U.S. District Courts, and reported to the Commissioner of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office. You can search the database
by patent number. Caveat: Records cost over $9 to print, and any one
litigation case may have multiple records.
As you will infer, the database contains infringement litigation information
only on U.S. patents. Does anyone out there know of a similar database for
other countries' patents?
Nancy Lambert
nela@chevron.com
510-242-3161
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerben Gieling [SMTP:chem@synthon.nl]
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 2:35 AM
> To: piug-l@derwent.tecc.co.uk; intprop-l@listservice.net
> Subject: searching for Court cases related to patents
>
> I sent this message to two lists, sorry for any duplicates.
>
> Sometimes I would like to know if there have been any legal disputes (e.g.
> infringement invalidation) related to a certain patent (family).
> Does anybody know of databases of legal cases that offer the option of
> using a patent number as search key?
>
>
> --- end of message ---
> Gerben Gieling
> Patent Department
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