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Should someone be able to patent an invention that blatantly duplicates a previously patented creation except for some minor alterations¿changing a
rivet to a bolt, for instance? The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the judiciary that handles appeals in patent cases, has effectively said yes. Its recent
This article was originally published with the title A License for Copycats?.
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