A Broken Patent System: How to Address the Claim Construction Problem in Litigation

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 411 I. HOW THE CURRENT PATENT SYSTEM CAME TO BE ........................... 414 A. Case Law ............................................................................... 414 i. Markman-Cybor .............................................................. 414 ii. Telegenix-Phillips ........................................................... 415 B. Scholarship in Academia ....................................................... 417 i. Empirical Analyses .......................................................... 417 ii. Proposed Reforms .......................................................... 419 C. America Invents Act............................................................... 422 II. AN ANNUALLY PUBLISHED USPTO DICTIONARY TO IMPROVE NOTICE ....................................................................................... 423 A. How a USPTO Dictionary Would Work in the Patent System ................................................................................. 423 B. Addressing Arguments in Phillips ......................................... 425 C. Addressing Professor Miller’s Concerns .............................. 427 CONCLUSION ......................................................................................... 430