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Statutory And Constitutional Problems With Judicially-Imposed Patent-Claim Limitations, Sloane Kyrazis
Statutory And Constitutional Problems With Judicially-Imposed Patent-Claim Limitations, Sloane Kyrazis
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
The safety valve standard articulated in In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Litigation is at odds with the provisions of the U.S. Patent Act and violates constitutional due process. Without requisite constitutional protections and those protections guaranteed by the U.S. Patent Act, patentees in complex modern patent litigation are at risk of having their patent rights deprived from contrary to the congressional intent articulated in the statute and without requisite process. The courts must balance their need for efficient administration of the law in patent cases by implementing equitable measures to ensure that patentees’ rights are not trampled on. Additionally, …