International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 8
Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.26.06
Inside this issue:
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- CHINA IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- RULES OF ORIGIN: “Made in USA” Marking Update
- ANTI-DUMPING IN THE U.S.: The U.S. Department of Commerce formulates comments submitted in response to the U.S.-adverse WTO Appellate Body Report in United States – Zeroing
- FCPA: U.S. Business Optimism Tempered by Corruption in Southeast Asia
- U.S. SANCTIONS
- INTERNATIONAL IP PROTECTION: Supreme Court Decision Likely to Generate More Intellectual Property Import Protection (Section 337) Cases
- MARKET ACCESS: Korea-U.S. FTA Negotiators Set a Fast Pace in First Round of Negotiations
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Insights
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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Microplastics Update: Regulatory and Litigation Developments in 2025
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