"Government Contracts 101" Seminar
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.07.12
Join Crowell & Moring practitioners on Tuesday, Nov. 13, live or via webcast, for a "Government Contracts 101" seminar covering the fundamentals of contracting, including the bid and proposal process, protests, contract performance and claims, compliance, and fraud investigations. Intended for those who do not have broad knowledge of the unique requirements of federal contracting or would like a refresher course, this event is being offered through WMACCA, and it is free if you register as "Guest of Presenters."
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 11.14.25
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.
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