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doctrine of equivalents Doctrine of equivalence Doctrine of equivalency Equivalency doctrine Equivalency theory

The doctrine of equivalents is a legal rule in many of the world's patent systems that allows a court to hold a party liable for patent infringement even though the infringing device or process does not fall within the literal scope of a patent claim, but nevertheless is equivalent to the claimed invention. Wikipedia

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rule in many jurisdictions that one is liable for patent infringement if the infringing device/process is not literally within a patent's scope, but is nevertheless equivalent Wikidata

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. Wiktionary

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