in a patent case in which it has recently granted certiorari, Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark Int’l, Inc. At issue … without the permission of the U.S. patent holder. Focusing on the state of English law during the long eighteenth century … — that is to say, in the years before and just after Congress enacted the first copyright and patent statutes in 1790 — this …

patent claim construction decisions by the U.S. district courts. Because claim construction often determines the outcome of … patent litigation, the high appellate claim construction reversal rate contributes to significant uncertainty among inventors … patent judges so as to reduce this unacceptably high reversal rate. This article concludes that designation of specialist …