Active and Passive Patent Strategies

Abstract

This chapter deals with active and passive patent strategies. Several aspects will be highlighted from patent filing strategies towards litigation strategies both from an active viewpoint as claimant and a passive viewpoint as a respondent. Active and passive will be interpreted with respect to an intellectual pro perty rights (IPR) portfolio and it will be interpreted in light of actions performed with respect to an IPR portfolio. Both views have an influence on each other. Even though these perspectives are at first hand seen as independent, typically a claimant will also become a respondent. Also the portfolio situations may change and so—up to a certain point in time—an IPR portfolio may still be shaped to same extent.