Disclaimers

Tips For Avoiding Problematic Terminal Disclaimers

The Federal Circuit’s recent decisions in STC.UNM v. Intel Corp.[1] and In re Dinsmore[2] illustrate dangers associated with filing a terminal disclaimer to overcome a nonstatutory double-patenting rejection. In each case, the appellant tried to address the requirement that the terminally disclaimed patent had to be commonly owned with a patent owned by another party in order to be enforceable....

Running head: UNDERSTANDING OF DISCLAIMERS 1 Children‟s understanding of disclaimers

Individuals who anticipate poor performance on some imminent task often offer disclaimers – verbal statements which serve to protect them from negative social evaluation by dissociating the poor performance from their identity. In the present study, 7to 14-year-olds (N = 226) responded to hypothetical vignettes where the protagonists either used or did not use a disclaimer when telling a peer a...

Reading the Product: Warnings, Disclaimers, and Literary Theory

Employee Handbooks and the Legal Effect of Disclaimers

Disclaimers of Wrongful Discharge Liability: Time for a Crackdown?