MARKMAN HEARING

Markman hearing. Patents. A hearing at which the court receives evidence and argument concerning the construction to be given to terms in a patent claim. Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 52 F.3d 967, 984–85 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (en banc), aff’d, 517 U.S. 370, 116 S.Ct. 1384 (1996). • In the namesake decision, the Federal Circuit […]