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== U.S. copyright law == |
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+ | '''35 U.S. Code § 271 - Infringement of patent''' |
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+ | <nowiki> </nowiki> Except as otherwise provided in this title, |
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+ | <nowiki> </nowiki>whoever without authority makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any |
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+ | patented invention, within the United States or imports into the United |
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+ | States any patented invention during the term of the patent therefor, |
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+ | infringes the patent. |
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− | == U.S. patent |
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'''Literal infringement''' of a [[patent]] |
'''Literal infringement''' of a [[patent]] |
Revision as of 10:41, 22 April 2015
U.S. copyright law
35 U.S. Code § 271 - Infringement of patent (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, whoever without authority makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention, within the United States or imports into the United States any patented invention during the term of the patent therefor, infringes the patent.
U.S. patent law
Literal infringement of a patent
“ | requires that the accused device embody every element of the claim as properly interpreted. If the claim describes a combination of functions, and each function is performed by a means described in the specification or an equivalent of such means, then literal infringement holds.”[1] | ” |