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This addition to the Model Jury Instruction series provides clear and balanced instructions for presentations to juries in patent litigation.

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• Drafting Committee(p. xi)
• Acknowledgments(p. xiii)
• Foreword(p. xv)
• Introduction(p. xvii)
• Part I Preliminary Instructions(p. 1)
• 1 Burdens of Proof(p. 3)
• 2 Patent Instructions(p. 5)
• 2.1 The Parties and the Nature of the Case(p. 6)
• 2.2 The Patent System, Generally(p. 7)
• 2.3 The Parts of a Patent(p. 8)
• 2.4 The Significance of Patent Claims(p. 9)
• 2.5 How a Patent Is Obtained(p. 10)
• 3 Issues to Be Decided(p. 11)
• 3.1 [Plaintiff's] Contentions(p. 13)
• 3.1.1 Direct Infringement(p. 14)
• 3.1.2 Indirect Infringement(p. 15)
• 3.1.3 Damages(p. 16)
• 3.1.4 Willful Infringement(p. 17)
• 3.2 [Defendant's] Contentions(p. 18)
• 3.2.1 Invalidity(p. 19)
• 3.2.2 Anticipation(p. 20)
• 3.2.3 Obviousness(p. 21)
• 3.2.4 Written Description/Claiming Requirements(p. 22)
• 3.2.5 Inequitable Conduct(p. 24)
• Part II Final Instructions(p. 25)
• 4 The Parties and Their Contentions(p. 27)
• 4.1 The Parties and the Nature of the Case(p. 29)
• 4.2 [Plaintiff's] Contentions(p. 30)
• 4.3 [Defendant's] Contentions(p. 31)
• 4.4 Summary of Patent Issues and Burdens of Proof(p. 32)
• 5 The Patent System(p. 33)
• 6 The Claims of the Patent in Suit(p. 35)
• 6.1 Construction of the Claims(p. 37)
• 6.2 Independent and Dependent Claims(p. 41)
• 6.3 Product-by-Process Claims(p. 42)
• 6.4 Means-plus-Function Claim Limitations(p. 43)
• 6.5 Transitional Phrases-Introduction(p. 45)
• 6.5.1 "Comprising" Claims(p. 47)
• 6.5.2 "Consisting Essentially Of" Claims(p. 48)
• 6.5.3 "Consisting Of" Claims(p. 49)
• 6.6 Limitations of the Claims at Issue(p. 50)
• 7 Infringement-Introduction(p. 51)
• 7.1 Patent Infringement Generally-Direct Infringement(p. 53)
• 7.2 Literal Infringement(p. 55)
• 7.3 Infringement-Every Claim Limitation Must Be Present, Either Literally or under the Doctrine of Equivalents(p. 56)
• 7.4 Limitations on the Doctrine of Equivalents(p. 60)
• 7.5 Infringement-Means-plus-Function Claim Limitations(p. 67)
• 7.6 Infringement-Means-plus-Function Claim Limitations(p. 71)
• 7.7 Determination of Infringement(p. 75)
• 7.8 The Experimental Use Exception(p. 76)
• 7.9 Infringement of Product-by-Process Claims(p. 78)
• 7.10 Infringement of Dependent Claims(p. 82)
• 7.11 Infringement and Improvements to Patented Invention(p. 83)
• 7.12 Indirect Infringement(p. 85)
• 7.12.1 Inducing Patent Infringement(p. 87)
• 7.12.2 Contributory Infringement(p. 90)
• 8 Willful Infringement(p. 93)
• 9 Validity-in General(p. 99)
• 9.1 Section 112 Defenses-Introduction(p. 103)
• 9.1.1 Written Description(p. 106)
• 9.1.2 Enablement(p. 108)
• 9.1.3 Best Mode(p. 110)
• 9.1.4 Definiteness(p. 113)
• 9.2 Prior Art-Introduction(p. 116)
• 9.3 The Prior Art(p. 119)
• 9.3.1 Prior Art-Date of Invention(p. 121)
• 9.3.2 Prior Public Knowledge or Use-in General(p. 125)
• 9.3.3 Prior Art-Prior Knowledge or Use by Another in the United States(p. 126)
• 9.3.4 Prior Art-Public Use More Than One Year before the Application Was Filed(p. 127)
• 9.3.5 Prior Art-Prior Public use or Knowledge(p. 128)
• 9.3.6 Prior Art-On-Sale or Offered for Sale More Than One Year before the Application Was Filed(p. 130)
• 9.3.7 Experimental use(p. 134)
• 9.3.8 Prior Art-Prior Printed Publication(p. 137)
• 9.3.9 Prior Art-Prior Invention(p. 139)
• 9.3.10 Prior Art-Prior Patents and Patent Applications(p. 143)
• 9.4 Derivation(p. 145)
• 9.5 Anticipation-Introduction(p. 147)
• 9.6 Anticipation/Lack of Novelty(p. 149)
• 9.7 Obviousness-Introduction(p. 151)
• 9.8 Obviousness(p. 154)
• 9.8.1 The Scope and Content of the Prior Art(p. 156)
• 9.8.2 Differences between the Invention of the Claims and the Prior Art(p. 157)
• 9.8.3 Level of Ordinary Skill(p. 158)
• 9.8.4 Objective Indications Concerning Obviousness(p. 159)
• 9.8.5 Determination of Obviousness(p. 161)
• 10 Inequitable Conduct-Introduction(p. 163)
• 10.1 Inequitable Conduct-in General(p. 166)
• 10.2 Materiality(p. 168)
• 10.3 Intent(p. 170)
• 10.4 Balancing of Materiality and Intent(p. 171)
• 11 Damages-Introduction(p. 173)
• 11.1 Damages-in General(p. 176)
• 11.2 Compensatory Patent Damages in General(p. 177)
• 11.3 Notice Requirement for Patents with Product Claims(p. 178)
• 11.4 Two Types of Damages-Lost Profits and Reasonable Royalty(p. 182)
• 11.5 Lost Profits-in General(p. 185)
• 11.6 Lost Profits Due to Lost Sales(p. 187)
• 11.6.1 Manufacturing and Marketing Ability(p. 189)
• 11.6.2 Absence of Acceptable Non-infringing Substitutes(p. 191)
• 11.7 Lost Profits Due to Price Erosion/Cost Escalation(p. 193)
• 11.8 Amount of Lost Profits(p. 195)
• 11.9 Reasonable Royalty(p. 196)
• 11.9.1 What Is a Reasonable Royalty?(p. 197)
• 11.10 Total Damages(p. 199)
• Table of Cases(p. 201)
• Index(p. 211)