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1.142 documents for doctrine of equivalents definition

- Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co., 520 U.S. 17 (1997)
... the '746 patent, relying solely on the "doctrine of equivalents," under which a product or process ... applied broadly, conflicts with the definitional and public-notice functions of the statutory claim...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Nystrom v. Trex Co., Inc., (2009)
... pursue his infringement claim under the doctrine of equivalents. Noting that Nystrom had pre... The doctrine of equivalents, by definition, acknowledges that a specific claim limitation is ...
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- The (unnoticed) demise of the doctrine of equivalents.
... multiple "decisions" under our definition because they involve doctrine of equivalents rulin...
- Stanford Law Review
- Vol. 59 Nbr. 4, February 2007

- Thermalloy, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Aavid Engineering, Inc., Defendant-Appellee., 121 F.3d 691 (Fed. Cir. 1997)
... court erred by refusing to apply the doctrine of equivalents to the original claim. A. Beginning...The doctrine of equivalents, by definition, involves going beyond any permissible interpretat...
- Federal Circuits
- Festo Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., A/K/a Smc Corporation, and Smc Pneumatics, Inc., Defendants-Appellants., 234 F.3d 558 (Fed. Cir. 2000)
... Festo Corporation ("Festo"), under the doctrine of equivalents. We took the case en banc to resolv... applied broadly, conflicts with the definitional and public-notice functions of the statutory claim...
- Federal Circuits
- Festo Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., A/K/a Smc Corporation, and Smc Pneumatics, Inc., Defendants-Appellants., 234 F.3d 558 (Fed. Cir. 2000)
... Festo Corporation ("Festo"), under the doctrine of equivalents. We took the case en banc to resolv... applied broadly, conflicts with the definitional and public-notice functions of the statutory claim...
- Federal Circuits
- Why Festo Will Change Your Patenting Strategy.
... in American patent law called the doctrine of equivalents. . First, long ago, the Supreme Cou... bar best serves the notice and definitional function of patent claims. "The object of the pate...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2002, June 2002
- Vehicular Technologies Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Titan Wheel International, Inc., Dyneer Corporation, Transamerica Auto Parts Company, Inc. and Leon Rosser Auto Service, Inc., Defendants-Appellants., 141 F.3d 1084 (Fed. Cir. 1998)
...'s order, based on infringement under the doctrine of equivalents, enjoined Titan Wheel International....1990) ("doctrine of equivalents, by definition, involves going beyond any permissible interpretat...
- Federal Circuits
- The accession insight and patent infringement remedies.
... property of another? According to the doctrine of accession, a good faith improver may take title... the rarely used reverse doctrine of equivalents, and encourage the dissemination of improved techn...(226) Again, while the definition of willful infringement is not necessarily coexten...
- Michigan Law Review
- Vol. 110 Nbr. 2, November 2011
- Genentech, Inc., Innovi N.v. and Leuven Research & Development Vzw, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. the Wellcome Foundation Limited, Wellcome Biotechnology Limited, Burroughs Wellcome Co., B.W. Manufacturing, Inc. and Welgen Manufacturing, Inc., Defendants, and Genetics Institute, Inc. and Gi Manufacturing, Inc., Defendants-Appellants., 29 F.3d 1555 (Fed. Cir. 1994)
... DNA technology, infringes, under the doctrine of equivalents, any of three patents: a patent dir... the specific activity concept is a definition of purity critical to the patentability of the '60...
- Federal Circuits