Professor Samuel F. Ernst was recently quoted by Bloomberg Law in an article on the reverse doctrine of equivalents and why the rarely used patent defense is getting renewed attention. The article looks at two recent jury verdicts involving the doctrine and its potential role in future patent cases. Professor Ernst, who has written extensively on the subject, discussed the doctrine’s history, the limits placed on it by the Federal Circuit, and what the recent cases could mean going forward. His comments draw on years of scholarship examining the doctrine and its place in modern patent law.
Read the article here.