What “Is” Is: Terms May Not Mean What You Think They Mean

September 26, 2011

By Bryon Moyer, Press Analyst, EE Journal

We’ve created a special domain for legal issues in this country. If it looks like a lawyer might have to get involved, the rest of us steer clear and know better than to try to make sense of things. Even if we understand the words, we might not understand what they mean when they’re used together in a paragraph or document. And, even if we do, it still might not make sense.

But we don’t seem to mind: whatever… leave it to the lawyers. As long as they’re happy…

This includes – perhaps more than anything – patents. There, language is everything.

To read more of this EE Journal article on the Kilopass vs. Sidense Markman Order, click here.