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Client Alert | 1 min read | 04.08.19

We are pleased to announce the launch of Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Resource Center app. We have put a lot of time and energy into creating a useful tool with universally applicable information, statutes and regulations, as well as customized, interactive Crowell & Moring content like video alerts, podcasts, compliance checklists, filing timelines, etc. This app represents a new way to connect with our clients and the industry and we expect to continually enhance and expand its content in the months to come. We hope you find it valuable and welcome your feedback.

GovCon Legal Resource Center is available on both iOS and Android or by visiting https://www.crowell.com/GovConLegalResourceCenter.

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Defining Claim Terms by Implication: Lexicography Lessons from Aortic Innovations LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Claim construction is a key stage of most patent litigations, where the court must decide the meaning of any disputed terms in the patent claims.  Generally, claim terms are given their plain and ordinary meaning except under two circumstances: (1) when the patentee acts as its own lexicographer and sets out a definition for the term; and (2) when the patentee disavows the full scope of the term either in the specification or during prosecution.  Thorner v. Sony Comput. Ent. Am. LLC, 669 F.3d 1362, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2012).  The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Aortic Innovations LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp. highlights that patentees can act as their own lexicographers through consistent, interchangeable usage of terms across the specification, effectively defining terms by implication....