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Top 10 Patent Drafting Mistakes That Can Impact Litigation

By Carey Jordan and Tom Morrow Part One of a Two-Part Series
August 09, 2004

Part One of a Two-Part Series

Discussed below are the first five of the “Top 10 Patent Drafting Mistakes” that drafters often make that can impact the successful enforceability of patents. Many of these mistakes are derived from the recognition of the challenges a patent may be subjected to in litigation, a forum in which accused infringers invariably scrutinize and challenge all aspects of a patent and its prosecution while lay judges and jurors struggle to determine whether the patent ultimately has value.

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