Add to ORKGOn November 29, 2000, the Federal Circuit retroactively reduced the value of nearly 1.2 million unexpired United States patents by announcing a new rule for the somewhat obscure doctrine of prosecution history estoppel. Designed to foster clarity in patent applications, this new pronouncement in Festo Corp v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. allows for easy copying of some patented inventions and reduces patent owner\u27s ability to prove infringement. This article outlines the change in the law and discusses the positive and negative consequences of the decision
Under the rule of prosecution history estoppel, patent applicants who amend their claims during the ...
Through empirical research, this article examines whether the patent system of the United States sho...
In two recent cases, Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co., 520 U.S. 17 (1997), and Fest...
On November 29, 2000, the Federal Circuit retroactively reduced the value of nearly 1.2 million unex...
In Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., the Federal Circuit adopted a strict approac...
This article provides an in-depth analysis of the Federal Circuit’s en banc decision in Festo Corpor...
This Note examines the interplay between the judicially-created patent law rules of prosecution hist...
The Supreme Court makes another attempt to strike a balance between protecting an inventor\u27s pate...
The Supreme Court of the United States held that the doctrine of equivalents is not inconsistent wit...
The Congress shall have the power to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing fo...
The Supreme Court again began to delve into substantial patent issues by addressing the interplay be...
Despite differences in patent law jurisprudence in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States...
Last Term, in Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabashuki Co., the United States Supreme C...
[Excerpt] “One of the most salient effects of patent prosecution history arises in the context of th...
In the Festo decision, the Federal Circuit significantly changed the scope of the doctrine of equiva...
Under the rule of prosecution history estoppel, patent applicants who amend their claims during the ...
Through empirical research, this article examines whether the patent system of the United States sho...
In two recent cases, Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co., 520 U.S. 17 (1997), and Fest...
On November 29, 2000, the Federal Circuit retroactively reduced the value of nearly 1.2 million unex...
In Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., the Federal Circuit adopted a strict approac...
This article provides an in-depth analysis of the Federal Circuit’s en banc decision in Festo Corpor...
This Note examines the interplay between the judicially-created patent law rules of prosecution hist...
The Supreme Court makes another attempt to strike a balance between protecting an inventor\u27s pate...
The Supreme Court of the United States held that the doctrine of equivalents is not inconsistent wit...
The Congress shall have the power to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing fo...
The Supreme Court again began to delve into substantial patent issues by addressing the interplay be...
Despite differences in patent law jurisprudence in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States...
Last Term, in Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabashuki Co., the United States Supreme C...
[Excerpt] “One of the most salient effects of patent prosecution history arises in the context of th...
In the Festo decision, the Federal Circuit significantly changed the scope of the doctrine of equiva...
Under the rule of prosecution history estoppel, patent applicants who amend their claims during the ...
Through empirical research, this article examines whether the patent system of the United States sho...
In two recent cases, Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co., 520 U.S. 17 (1997), and Fest...