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The Hidden Tradeoff in Broad Patent Protection
Broad patent claims can provide valuable protection, but they also create risk. Nielsen v. TVision shows why businesses should distinguish between what a patent describes and what its claims actually require, particularly when technical details may later prove important to defending the patent.
Charles Gideon Korrell70Range of Motion v. Armaid: What Product Companies Should Know About Design Patent Risk
CAFC leaves the Range of Motion v. Armaid design patent framework intact, preserving judicial claim construction and the plainly dissimilar shortcut.
Charles Gideon Korrell51Dental Monitoring v. Align: Federal Circuit Requires Written-Description Support for AIA Provisional Prior Art
In Dental Monitoring v. Align, the Federal Circuit holds that AIA provisional prior art requires § 112(a) written-description support for a published claim.
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