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Federal Circuit Negative on Best-mode Defense

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has taken an increasingly dim view of an accused infringer's attempt to invalidate the claims of a patent-in-suit by alleging that the patentee failed to satisfy the best-mode requirement.

25 minute read October 07, 2003 at 02:16 PM
By
John J. Molenda, Brian D. Coggio And Joseph Evall
Federal Circuit Negative on Best-mode Defense

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has taken an increasingly dim view of an accused infringer's attempt to invalidate the claims of a patent-in-suit by alleging that the patentee failed to satisfy the best-mode requirement.

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