"doctrine of equivalents" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} doctrine of equivalents (uncountable)
  1. (law, US) A legal rule in most patent systems that allows a court to hold a party liable for patent infringement when the infringing device or process does not fall within the literal scope of a patent claim, but nevertheless is equivalent to the claimed invention. Wikipedia link: doctrine of equivalents Tags: US, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Related terms: doctrine of foreign equivalents, an unrelated doctrine of trademark law
    Sense id: en-doctrine_of_equivalents-en-noun-gX155-bq Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

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