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Wouldn't that depend on the argument(s) making it into the claims? [N/T]
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 04 2013 @ 03:42 PM EDT
No significant text here.

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How it should work is different from how it does work
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 04 2013 @ 04:14 PM EDT

How it should work and how it does work when abuse is present are two very different situations.

Let's view the logic:

    Since the limitations are already there, it doesn't cost the patent filer anything to have them officially defined.
    With the definitions officially in place, this should decrease the amount of pre-trial haggling the Lawyers do over the terms. Whether it will or not.... well.... as one Lawyer argued in the years we've been following the Law "all doesn't mean all".
So there's a very strong benefit (in reduced time and expenses pre-trial) and no additional costs up-front (for the filer)....

... as a result, there's really no purpose in being unhappy with that particular requirement is there?

Of course... I can see how those who want to be dishonest with the definitions would not like the change.

RAS

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Even the Judges appear to recognize Lawyers are changing definitions
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 05 2013 @ 06:34 PM EDT

From a recent article that was co-authored by Chief Judge Randall Radar of the Federal Circuit Court Of Appeals.

Other indications of potential bullying include litigants who [snip] distort a patent claim far beyond its plain meaning and precedent for the apparent purpose of raising the legal costs of the defense.
I can't say if Judge Radar agrees that's happening - but I do think it's reasonable to conclude he reviewed the article prior to it's publication and if he had an issue with that statement it would have likely been removed.

RAS

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