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Corporate Compliance Program Guidance Article and Breakfast Series

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.20.19

Partners David Robbins and Peter Eyre published an article in National Defense magazine on complying with the new Justice Department Guidance concerning ethics and compliance programs. Eyre, Robbins, and Pat Harned of Ethics & Compliance Initiative will further discuss this guidance and the current state of ethics and compliance at a Crowell & Moring breakfast series event at 8:30am on June 25 at the Tysons Corner Marriott Hotel. Register here.

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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)....