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Intellectual Property

Jun. 14, 2002

Endorsement of 'Flexible Bar' Rule Will Affect Many Patents

Focus Column - By Mitchell P. Brook - In a long-awaited decision with implications for both patent owners and litigants, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled on the availability of the "doctrine of equivalents" to amended claims. Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 122 S.Ct. 1831 (2002).

        Focus Column
        
        By Mitchell P. Brook
        
        In a long-awaited decision with implications for both patent owners and litigants, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled on the availability of the "doctrine of...

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