Final Thoughts
It has been an interesting journey. The journey lasted for more than two decades. For over ten years many people (including reporters of mass media publications in Asia, Europe and North America) followed along. I remember reading the first article about the patent in 2002 and the last article in 2020. Incidentally the exclusivity period of my patents ended in 2014 (20 years from the initial 1994 filing). My invention has been in the public domain since that time.
Although the journey has ended, the legacy stays on. Many people in the legal profession have been discussing the issues arising out of the litigation of my patents. In 2012, Professor David Hricik wrote an article titled "Ethics in Today's Patent Practice for Washington Practitioners." He used my case, Chan v. Intuit, to discuss "protective order" in patent litigation. Below are the two relevant pages of the article:
Ethics in Today's Patent Practice for Washington Practitioners
In 2018, Professor Andrew Michaels published a law review article titled "Patent Transfer and the Bundle of Rights." He cited my case, Chan v. Time Warner, to discuss royalty right and "standing," a legal concept in litigation. Below is the relevant page:
Patent Transfer and the Bundle of Rights
Also, in 2020 two prominent lawyers presented a talk (which was later published as an article in the New Jersey Law Journal) using the Email Link litigation as the basis for their "practical tips":
(You can read the New Jersey Law Journal article by clicking this link)
It was indeed a wonderful journey!