Sentence examples for capable of substantial from inspiring English sources
Sony held that the "sale of copying equipment" does not constitute contributory infringement if the equipment is "capable of substantial noninfringing uses".
In the 1984 Sony Betamax case, the Supreme Court ruled that Sony could not be prohibited from making and selling VCR's because the machines were "capable of substantial noninfringing uses" even though they could be illegally used.
Mr. Boies cited the United States Supreme Court's 1984 decision that Sony was not guilty of contributory copyright violation with its Betamax videocassette recorder, in part because the device was "capable of substantial noninfringing uses".
In 1984, in a case involving Sony's Betamax video recorder, the Supreme Court ruled that technology firms are not liable if their users infringe copyright, provided the device is "capable of substantial non-infringing uses".
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) has proven to be capable of substantial improvement of the quality of deposited coatings.
When taken in the context of previous studies of stabilizing mutations, the results indicate that although FGF-1 is known for generally poor thermal stability, the β-trefoil architecture appears capable of substantial thermal stability.
Storms are associated with strong winds capable of causing substantial land surface damage and temporary increases in sea level.
Fumarate-grown biofilms were not immediately capable of significant current production, suggesting substantial physiological differences from current-producing biofilms.
One conclusion is that these are close to being ideal vaccines; in addition to being very well tolerated, they elicit such strong responses that several different schedules are capable of achieving substantial reductions in disease that can last for at least 10 years.
Colleges must develop ties to their alumni and identify which ones are capable of making substantial contributions.
Although most parasitic plant species are considered wild flowers or botanical curiosities, several species are weedy and capable of causing substantial losses of agricultural crops.
