The Supreme Court’s Complicity in Federal Circuit Formalism
Cite
20 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 1
Year
2003
Bluebook cite
Timothy R. Holbrook, The Supreme Court’s Complicity in Federal Circuit Formalism, 20 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 1 (2003).
Author
Timothy R. Holbrook
URL
wl: 20 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 1
Item Type
article
Summary
This article discusses the Federal Circuit’s preference for bright-line rules that favor certainty over fairness. It describes how the Federal Circuit’s formalistic agenda is highlighted in its treatment of claim construction and the doctrine of equivalents. The article also discusses how the Supreme Court favors rules, but only up to a point.
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