Dictionaries, it turns out, aren't the best source for defining the terms in a patent. After years of conflicting opinions, the Federal Circuit ruled en banc Tuesday that courts should look to the language in the patent itself rather than turn first to dictionaries to determine the meaning of patent claims. While many patent lawyers were jubilant, Judge Haldane Mayer wrote a scalding dissent, saying the Federal Circuit had substituted the black box of the jury "with the black hole of this court."
July 14, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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