I’m writing a 6-part introduction to patent litigation. This introduction focuses on the role of patent claims, and of the “limitations” that make up claims. Part 1 has just appeared at DisputeSoft.com. See: http://disputesoft.com/patent-litigation-an-introduction-to-patent-claims-limitations-infringement-and-invalidity-part-one/
As an example of the approach taken in this article, Fig. 1 is captioned “A not entirely accurate way of stating that the claims are the most important part of a patent. The rest of the patent is ancillary to the claims, not vice versa. The front page of the patent perhaps serves as a scarecrow, while the claims provide actual notice of the property™s boundaries”:
Subsequent parts of the article will appear every two weeks.
