IP Appeals Court Shifts To Plain Meaning, Summary Judgement Reversals
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The federal appeals court is increasing its preference of construing claims based on "plain meaning" over the "doctrine of equivalents" in intellectual property litigation, potentially benefiting defendants in medical device patent litigation, according to IP attorneys
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