You manage the client and the case. We focus on infringement, validity, damages, and appellate strategy.
Patent-specific depth without competing for the client relationship.
SethLaw does not seek to serve as lead trial counsel or manage the litigation. We work with litigators who want experienced support on the patent-specific issues that require focused technical, legal, and appellate judgment.
The objective is simple: strengthen the patent case while trial counsel remains responsible for the client, overall case management, discovery, motions practice, and courtroom presentation.
We concentrate on infringement, validity, claim construction, damages, Section 101, PTAB exposure, expert strategy, and appeal risk.
Strategic support services
Infringement
Claim charts, proof gaps, doctrine-of-equivalents issues, technical mapping, and development of a coherent infringement theory.
Validity
Prior-art strategy, anticipation, obviousness, enablement, written description, file-history issues, and administrative-review exposure.
Claim Construction
Intrinsic-record analysis, disputed-term prioritization, Markman strategy, and preservation of appellate issues.
Damages
Damages-theory review, apportionment, comparable-license analysis, expert coordination, and realism of the recovery model.
Section 101
Alice risk, technical-improvement framing, Rule 12 vulnerability, factual-dispute development, and appellate posture.
Appeal Strategy
Issue selection, preservation, standards of review, record limitations, argument architecture, and Federal Circuit risk.
Defined-scope review options
Most assignments are scoped in advance so the litigation team knows the budget, materials to be reviewed, and decision to be addressed.
| Service | Typical Fee | Best For | Deliverable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior IP Strategy Call | Starting at $3,500 | Trial teams needing fast senior input on a discrete issue. | Defined document review, strategy conference, and written recommendations. |
| Patent Go / No-Go Review | Starting at $7,500 | Counsel, funders, or patent owners assessing enforcement or defense. | Concise assessment of infringement, validity, damages, and recommended next step. |
| Patent Litigation Second Opinion | $10,000–$15,000+ | Teams approaching Markman, summary judgment, settlement, or appeal. | Strategy memorandum addressing the defined patent issues and litigation posture. |
| Litigation Funder Diligence | $20,000–$30,000+ | Funders, investors, monetization groups, and contingency firms. | Independent risk memo covering merits, damages realism, procedural exposure, and funding conditions. |
| Federal Circuit / Alice Review | $10,000–$25,000+ | Trial counsel and patent owners considering or preparing appeal. | Appeal viability, preservation review, argument architecture, and standard-of-review map. |
Fees are illustrative starting or typical fees and are confirmed only after conflicts review, scope definition, and written engagement.
The working process
Conflict Check
Identify parties, counsel, patents, proceedings, and the proposed scope.
Defined Materials
Agree on a controlled record: patents, pleadings, charts, motions, prior art, expert materials, or excerpts.
Focused Assessment
Analyze the agreed issues and provide a practical written or oral recommendation.
Team Conference
Work through conclusions with trial counsel and identify the strongest next steps.
Built for litigators—not to replace them.
Best-fit engagements
- Trial counsel needs deeper patent-specific analysis.
- A general litigation firm needs patent support without surrendering the client.
- A patent boutique wants an independent second opinion.
- A funder needs disciplined patent-case diligence.
- A team needs help preparing experts or preserving appellate issues.
- Counsel wants experienced judgment before a major spend or case decision.
Not the role
- Serving as lead trial counsel.
- Taking over the client relationship.
- Routine document review or junior-level staffing.
- Open-ended litigation management.
- Technical expert opinions outside proper qualifications.
- Unscoped contingency matters without a serious diligence pathway.
“You worry about managing the client and the case. Let us worry about the infringement, validity, damages, and appellate issues.”
Request a strategy review
Start with the parties, counsel, patents, proceedings, and the decision your team needs to make. No confidential materials should be sent until conflicts are cleared and scope is agreed.
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