Hoist Fitness Systems, Inc. v. TuffStuff Fitness International, Inc.

 
APPEAL NO.
20-1047
OP. BELOW
DCT
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
Schall

Question(s) Presented

  1. “When construing claim terms, are courts permitted to refer to the intrinsic record to narrow claim scope only when a patentee either makes a clear and unambiguous disavowal or acts as its own lexicographer (the ‘strict’ approach); or are courts permitted to narrow claim scope by considering specification content more generally (the ‘holistic approach’)?”
  2. “If both, when is each to be used?”

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