A plaintiff sued a defendant in a patent infringement suit. To sustain his claim, the plaintiff was required to demonstrate the

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A plaintiff sued a defendant in a patent infringement suit. To sustain his claim, the plaintiff was required to demonstrate the

formula for a common chemical compound. The plaintiff produced three well-known chemistry texts containing explanations of the formula and asked the court to take judicial notice of the formula for the compound. Must the trial judge take judicial notice of the formula

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Lelu [443] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-17T09:47:43+03:00

Answer:

Yes

Explanation:

A judicial notice is defined as a rule concerning recognition not evidence by a court where a fact that is very well known and attested that there is no room for doubting the fact.

There is no need for formal presentation of evidence.

I'm the given scenario the plaintiff produced three well-known chemistry texts containing explanations of the formula and asked the court to take judicial notice of the formula for the compound.

Since the formula is well known and even contained in well known chemistry texts, the court should take judicial notice of the formula