Significant Revisions to Non-U.S. Content Disclosure and Financing Policies Proposed
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.07.15
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has informally circulated draft revisions to the August 2009 Guidelines for Foreign Military Financing of Direct Commercial Contracts, which would elaborate on, and in a number of instances significantly change, its policies with respect to the disclosure and financing of U.S., non-U.S., and now "host country" content. Please contact us if you would like to obtain a copy of the draft and/or participate in commenting on the proposal by the due date of November 16, 2015.
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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.
Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.14.25
Microplastics Update: Regulatory and Litigation Developments in 2025
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