Comparative Perspective: Enforcing Patent Rights in Developing Countries
A. Claim Interpretation
Policy Perspective: Claim Interpretation Methodology
B. Literal Infringement
Transmatic, Inc. v. Gulton Industries, Inc.
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C. Doctrine of Equivalents
Graver Tank v. Linde Air Prods. Co.
Comparative Perspective: Non-Literal Infringement in Europe
Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc. v. Hilton Davis Chemical, Inc.
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Note on Contributory Infringement
D. Limitations on the Doctrine of Equivalents and Claim Scope
1. Prosecution History Estoppel
Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd.
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2. Public Dedication Rule
Johnson & Johnston Associates, Inc. v. R.E. Service Co., Inc.
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3. All-Limitations Rule