Intellectual Property Report – November 2025

Patentees face many challenges in trying to prove literal infringement, particularly when dealing with competitors who make trivial modifications or superficial changes to the patented invention. In such situations, the doctrine of equivalents plays an important role in buttressing the scope of protection afforded by a patent and in preventing subversion of valuable rights through what amounts to nothing more than a misappropriation in disguise….
By: Baker Botts L.L.P.