COLORABLE ALTERATION

colorable alteration.Intellectual property. A modification that effects no real or substantial change, but is made only to distinguish an invention or work from an existing patent or copyright; a small change made in a product or process solely to avoid literal infringement of an earlier patent’s claim. — Also termed colorable deviation. [Cases: Patents  174; Copyrights and Intellectual Property  53(1). C.J.S. Patents § 308.] [Blacks Law 8th]