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Air Force Debarment Official To Speak At OOPS

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 04.20.12

We are pleased to announce that Steven A. Shaw, Deputy General Counsel for Contractor Responsibility, Office of Air Force General Counsel, will be speaking at our Annual Ounce of Prevention Seminar being held May 9-10 in Washington DC. The Air Force suspension and debarment program is regarded as one of the most sophisticated in the federal government and is the model many agencies are adopting.


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Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.26.25

From ‘Second’ to ‘First:’ Federal Circuit Tackles Obvious Claim Errors

Patent claims must be clear and definite, as they set the boundaries of the patentee’s rights. Occasionally, however, claim language contains errors, such as typographical mistakes or incorrect numbering. Courts possess very limited authority to correct such errors. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has emphasized that judicial correction is appropriate only in rare circumstances, where (1) the error is evident from the face of the patent, and (2) the proposed correction is the sole reasonable interpretation in view of the claim language, specification, and prosecution history. See Group One, Ltd. v. Hallmark Cards, Inc., 407 F.3d 1297, 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) and Novo Indus., L.P. v. Micro Molds Corp., 350 F.3d 1348, 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2003)....