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What Markman should mean to you

Nature Biotechnology volume 14, pages 888–890 (1996)Cite this article

The Supreme Court's decision on Markman will impact your biotechnology company if there is an infringement trial.

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References

  1. McGill Inc. v. John Zink Co., 746 F.2d 666, (Fed. Cir. 1984).

  2. 35 U.S.C. §112, ¶1

  3. US Patent ♯ 4965204 at issue in Johns Hopkins University v Cellpro 894 F.Supp.819.

  4. 35 U.S.C.§112, ¶2

  5. Read Corp v. Portec, Inc., 970 F.2d 816, 821, 23 U.S.P.Q.2d 1426,1431 (Fed.Cir. 1992).

  6. Id.

  7. See Arnold, A Historical Inquiry into the Right to Trial by Jury in Complex Civil Litigation, 28 U. Pa. L. Rev. 829 (1980); see also SRI International v. Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, 775 F.2d 1107, 227 U.S.P.Q. 577 (Fed. Cir. 1985).

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  8. Markman v. Westview Instr., Inc., 52 F.3d 967, (Fed.Cir. 1995) (en banc).

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  10. Id.

  11. Exxon Chemical Patent, Inc., v. Lubrizol Corporation, 64 F.3d 1553, 35 U.S.P.Q.2d 1801 (Fed.Cir. Sept. 1, 1995).

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Rzucidlo, E., Auth, D. What Markman should mean to you. Nat Biotechnol 14, 888–890 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0796-888

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