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doctrine of equivalents
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特許法において、特許請求の範囲に記載された内容と厳密には一致しないものの、実質的に同等の技術的内容を有する装置や手法についても、特許侵害と認定できるという法理。 / 明示された請求範囲を超えるが、実質的には同じ発明の要旨を持つ場合に、特許権の保護を拡大解釈する原則。
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(law, US) A legal rule in most patent systems that allows a court to hold a party liable for patent infringement when the infringing device or process does not fall within the literal scope of a patent claim, but nevertheless is equivalent to the claimed invention.
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In the landmark case, the court relied on the doctrine of equivalents to find infringement even though the accused device did not fall within the literal wording of the patent claim.
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In the landmark case, the court relied on the doctrine of equivalents to find infringement even though the accused device did not fall within the literal wording of the patent claim.
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