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  • Strategic Patent Counseling ( December 1996 )

    This reports looks into what a patent counsel needs to investigate in order to set forth a strategy which will help a client protect its product line in the marketplace.
  • GATT Giveth and GATT Taketh Away ( January 1999 )

    The GATT amendments to the U.S. patent statute, Title 35, U.S. Code, impose a subtle effect on potential damages r.
  • The Full Markman--Naked and Revealed ( January 1999 )

    Few cases in the last twenty years have elicited as much interest as that of Markman v. Westview, 52 F. 3d 967, 34.
  • Federal Circuit's <it>En Banc Cybor</it> Decision ( March 1998 )

    On March 25, 1998, in an extraordinary ruling, an en banc decision by the Federal Circuit was issued. Cybor Corp. .
  • Supreme Court to Speak to Scope of Patent Claims ( December 1997 )

    Does a patent mean more than it says, or more accurately, does the protection afforded by a patent exceed the liter.
  • Early Claim Interpretation Can Cut Your Fees and Costs in Half ( October 1997 )

    This article discusses the change in policy which allows courts to interpret claims themselves, thus saving both plaintiff's and defendants from having to conduct discovery on every point of law that may arise.
  • The Doctrine of Equivalents Lives On in Supreme Court Patent Decision ( January 1997 )

    On March 3, 1997, the United States Supreme Court rendered its anxiously awaited patent law opinion in Warner-Jenki.
  • Within Hearing ( November 1996 )

    The determination of whether a patent claim has been infringed requires a two-step analysis. First, the court must interpret the asserted claims as a matter of law to determine their scope and meaning. Second, the trier of fact must judge whether each claim element, as construed by the court, is present in the accused device.

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