WITHOUT PREJUDICE

筆記

一般專利權人對專利範圍修正時，都希望能夠在損害最小的前提下仍可保留極大的解釋空間，因此在答辯內容中，多半會表達刪除/修正這些範圍並沒有任何對權利範圍的妥協。如下例：

上述聲明就是因為權利範圍曾經修改，還修了兩次！

另可參考：
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/without-prejudice.html

"Without Prejudice"表示沒有拋棄權利主張、權利，沒有暗示任何承諾！
.當"without prejudice" 使用在文件或信中，表示這文件不能為法院的證據（這很重要）；該文件不能視為決定性用途；不能有法律用途。其實就是文件不能用在法院，但私下的行為則不限！（翻譯可能有誤，請參看以下英文）
.當訴訟案被駁回或是作出判決，這時使用"without prejudice"，表示會有新的訴訟、或根據相同證據作出新的判決、或為採用原判決等的可能。也就是法院不排除會有不同的後續動作。

[原內容]
Law phrase: Without abandonment of a claim, privilege, or right, and without implying an admission of liability.

(1) When used in a document or letter, without prejudice means that what follows (a) cannot be used as evidence in a court case, (b) cannot be taken as the signatory's last word on the subject matter, and (c) cannot be used as a precedent. Contents of such documents normally cannot be disclosed to the courts but, when a party proposes to settle a dispute out-of-court, it is the genuineness of the effort that determines whether the proposal can disclosed or not, and not whether the words without prejudice were used.

(2) When a court case is dismissed, or a court order is issued without prejudice, it means that a new case may be brought or a new order issued on the same basis as the dismissed case or the original order. See also with prejudice.