The Supreme Court’s Complicity in Federal Circuit Formalism

Name

The Supreme Court’s Complicity in Federal Circuit Formalism

Cite

20 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 1

Year

2003

Bluebook cite

Timothy R. Holbrook, The Supreme Court’s Complicity in Federal Circuit Formalism, 20 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 1 (2003).

Author

Timothy R. Holbrook

URL

wl: 20 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 1

Item Type

article

Summary

This article discusses the Federal Circuit’s preference for bright-line rules that favor certainty over fairness. It describes how the Federal Circuit’s formalistic agenda is highlighted in its treatment of claim construction and the doctrine of equivalents. The article also discusses how the Supreme Court favors rules, but only up to a point.

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