Certainty and Discretion in Patent Law: The On Sale Bar, the Doctrine of Equivalents, and Judicial Power in the Federal Circuit
Cite
67 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1151
Year
1994
Bluebook cite
Thomas K. Landry, Certainty and Discretion in Patent Law: The On Sale Bar, the Doctrine of Equivalents, and Judicial Power in the Federal Circuit, 67 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1151 (1994).
Author
Thomas K. Landry
URL
wl: 67 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1151
Item Type
article
Summary
This Article is divided into three main sections. Section I canvasses American legal history and traces the historical competition between certainty and discretion. Section II applies rule-sensitive particularism to two areas of patent law: the "on sale" bar and the doctrine of equivalents. Section III examines the judicial structure within which patent laws are administered.