International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 11
Client Alert | 1 min read | 08.11.06
Inside this issue:
- MULTILATERAL TRADE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- WTO: USTR Does Not Have Authority To Instruct the U.S. Department of Commerce To Implement Measures To Comply With An Adverse WTO Dispute Settlement Report
- ANTI-DUMPING: The U.S. Department of Commerce's policy of “zeroing” in antidumping duty investigations and administrative reviews has come under repeated fire from U.S. trading partners
- CHINA: China Postpones Higher Tariffs on Imported Auto Parts To Address Potential WTO Case
- CHINA: U.S. Commerce Department Invites Comments on Its Controversial China Export Proposal
- SANCTIONS: U.S. Congress Approves Legislation Regarding Economic Sanctions Against Burma and Iran
- EXPORT CONTROLS: U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) Actively Enforcing Deemed Exports
- CROWELL & MORING NEWS: Crowell & Moring Trade Team completes Report for the European Commission on the tools that should be made available to implement the upcoming revised EU Market Access Strategy
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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).
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Brussels Court Clarifies the EU’s SPC Manufacturing Waiver Regulation Rules
Client Alert | 3 min read | 11.24.25
