This Essay explores the largely overlooked relationship between claim construction and patent assertion entities (patent “trolls”) finding that claim construction problems and trends benefit patent assertion entities. First, the Federal Circuit is deeply divided as to the proper approach to claim construction. This split is a significant contributor to uncertain patent scope, which is widely-re...

What implications does a dirty-handed politician‟s assertion that dirty hands are necessary for certain political achievements have on our understanding of the relationship between political actors and the political community? The problem of dirty hands, as described in Michael Walzer‟s “Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands,” occurs when a political actor finds that he must transgress o...

Abstract The major aim of the current study is to verify whether an interdependence between self-imitation practice and L2 pronunciation improvement in process second-language acquisition stronger than traditional imitation tasks. 35 Polish students Applied Linguistics (at English level B2+) divided into two groups performed exercises order improve their skills. Three acoustic parameters were c...