doctrine of equivalents

Noun

Meaning

doctrine of equivalents (uncountable)

(law, US) A legal rule in most patent systems that allows a court to hold a party liable for patent infringement when the infringing device or process does not fall within the literal scope of a patent claim, but nevertheless is equivalent to the claimed invention.

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Close letter words and terms

doctrine doctrine of analogy doctrine of definite proportions doctrine of foreign equivalents doctrine of marxism doctrine of necessity