PRESUMPTION OF VALIDITY

By SovConn | July 27, 2014

presumption of validity. Patents. The doctrine that the holder of a patent is entitled to a statutory presumption that the patent is valid and that the burden is on a challenger to prove invalidity. See BORN VALID. [Cases: Patents 112.1. C.J.S. Patents §§ 194, 203–205, 207.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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