Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2005
ISSN
0016-8092
Publisher
Georgetown University Law Center
Language
en-US
Abstract
We enjoyed reading and thinking about Doug Lichtman's response to our article on the doctrine of equivalents (DOE), especially his eloquent formulation of the essential policy issues. Apparently, the three of us share roughly the same approach to economic analysis of the DOE. Nevertheless, Lichtman fears we have overestimated the skill of patent attorneys and lost track of the crucial role the DOE plays in augmenting patent scope and bolstering incentives to invent. We write this reply to highlight two largely empirical questions that we disagree about, and explain how these disagreements lead us to very different policy conclusions.
Recommended Citation
Michael J. Meurer & Craig Allen Nard,
Patent Policy Adrift in a Sea of Anecdote: A Reply to Lichtman
,
in
93
Geeorgetown Law Journal
2033
(2005).
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