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Definition Of Doctrine Of Equivalents:

Legal principle that, in addition to literal infringement (which is direct and unambiguous), a patent can be infringed indirectly.
It covers insubstantial or minor changes to a patented device or process that make a copy fall outside the declared scope of the patent but which, in practical terms, remains a duplicate of the patented item.

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Doctrine Of Fair Use
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