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Define That Term #319

By Nicole Black, Esq.

Last week's term was offensive collateral estoppel, which is defined as: A doctrine that prevents a defendant from re-litigating an issue after it has been lost. For example, if your neighbor sues you for putting up a fence on his land and the court rules that your fence extends beyond your property line, you can't later file your own lawsuit seeking a declaration that the property line is incorrectly drawn. No one guessed this time around. This week's term is: utility patent. As always, no dictionaries, please.

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Full post as published by Sui Generis on May 03, 2009 (boomark / email).