"Dictionary-first" approach to claim construction overruled</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content=""Dictionary-first" approach to claim construction overruled"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content=""Dictionary-first",approach,to,claim,construction,overruled"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">05-08-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>"Dictionary-first" approach to claim construction overruled</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Washington, USA (Mondaq): The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has now issued its long expected en banc decision, touching on most of the issues identified by the Court […] The majority opinion provides a useful, going-forward overview of claim construction protocols and canons of construction as well as a clear retreat from the Texas Digital "dictionary-first" approach to claim construction that has permeated many recent cases. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=33999&e=on " target="blank">www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=33999&e=on </a> <br> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show