Last week's term was offensive collateral estoppel, which is defined as:
A doctrine that prevents a defendant from re-litigating an issue after
it has been lost. For example, if your neighbor sues you for putting up
a fence on his land and the court rules that your fence extends beyond
your property line, you can't later file your own lawsuit seeking a
declaration that the property line is incorrectly drawn.
No one guessed this time around.
This week's term is:
utility patent.
As always, no dictionaries, please.
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