User:Miboyl/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article

 * Name of article: (Doctrine of equivalents)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I chose this article due to its connection to our class discussion of patent law as well as its connection to what I am studying in my intellectual property law class.

Lead

 * The lead is very concise and to the point in that it provides a basic definition of what the doctrine of equivalents is and how it is applied right from the start. It might be a little too concise in that it consists of two sentences, neither of which are really touched upon at all anywhere else.

Content

 * Guiding questions

The content is relevant to the topic in that it explains several applications of the doctrine and how it differs among countries that do use it. However, there is a massive gap of explaining how the doctrine came to be and how it evolved. Also the section "harmonization attempts" did not feel necessary.

Tone and Balance
The article is very neutral in that it does provide several different nations' usages of the doctrine but does not appear to attempt to sway the reader to believing one is better than the other. There are no words or phrases included either that are meant to hint at editor's true opinions, although there is very little room to do so due to the objective nature of this information.

Sources and References


The sources used for this article are reputable because they almost entirely consist of government documents and information from court cases from around the world.

Organization


This article is not written that well in that it doesn't really clarify how the doctrine came to be but rather just jumps from a standard definition to how several seemingly random nations apply it. It does not really flow as one cohesive idea but rather just a random gathering of information. Content aside, there did not appear to be any grammar issues and it was relatively easy to read.

Images and Media


There are no images or media in this article.

Checking the talk page


Behind the scenes, there were discussions regarding whether or not Great Britain's usage of the doctrine of equivalents was entirely accurate and consisted of a few editors chiming in a single time (no back and forth dialogue). This article is part of WikiProject Law and was rated Start-class on quality scale and Mid on importance scale. It is interesting to note that while someone like myself would read the article for overall flow and comprehension while editors read it based on accuracy.

Overall impressions


This article needs some work in my opinion. It has an alright opening that gets the definition in right away, but after that theres no history for how the doctrine came to be but rather how it is applied today which leaves an understanding gap on my end. I would say that it could have potential to be a really solid article if it could be expanded upon and broadened.