Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 1: The Patent and Its Claims)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)

56 Pages Posted: 23 Apr 2021 Last revised: 27 Aug 2023

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Mark D. Janis

Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Ted M. Sichelman

University of San Diego School of Law

Date Written: August 25, 2023

Abstract

Less than a handful of casebooks are truly open source, in the sense of being fully modifiable. Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook is the first patent law casebook that provides adopting professors, students, and others the ability to fully modify its contents. This chapter of the casebook covers the patent document, including patent claims, focusing on the substantive rules of claim construction and definiteness.

Keywords: patent law, patents, casebook, open source, patent document, patent claims, claim construction, definiteness, Markman

JEL Classification: O30

Suggested Citation

Janis, Mark David and Sichelman, Ted M., Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 1: The Patent and Its Claims) (August 25, 2023). Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3831978 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3831978

Mark David Janis

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