flash of genius rule

flash-of-genius rule. Patents. The now-defunct principle that a device is not patentable if it was invented as the result of trial and error rather than a “flash of creative genius.” • The rule, which takes its name from language in Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp., 314 U.S. 84, 91, 62 S.Ct. 37, 41 (1941), was legislatively overturned in 1952. 35 USCA § 103.

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译员William，毕业于欧洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与区块链技术与数字货币有关的法律文件。