District Courts as Patent Laboratories
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چکیده
Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 307 I. The Federal Circuit’s Supervisory Role in Patent Law .......................................... 308 II. District Courts as the Federal Circuit’s Patent Laboratories .............................. 311 A. District Courts’ Centrality to Patent Law ................................................. 311 B. Current Shortcomings of the District Courts .......................................... 313 C. Improving the District Courts .................................................................... 319 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 322
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