all - Opinion Summaries

SPARTON CORP. v. US

Intellectual Property, Military Law, Patent
In a patent dispute, summary judgment of invalidity, in favor of defendant under the on-sale bar of 35 U.S.C. section 102(b), is reversed where the...

EVIDENT CORP. v. CHURGE & DWIGHT CO. INC.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, the award of attorney fees to defendant is affirmed where the district court did not err in determining that the case...

RATES TECH. INC. v. NORTEL NETWORKS CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
The filing of a counter-claim, cross-claim, or third-party demand does not operate as a waiver of an objection to jurisdiction, whether that objection...

LISLE CORP. v. A.J. MFG. CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit concerning an automobile steering system, summary judgment of infringement in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over...

THATCHER v. KOHL'S DEPT. STORES, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute over footwear, the district court properly ruled that a third party lacked standing to enforce a consent judgment since the...

JUNKER v. EDDINGS

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a design patent infringement case, a jury verdict finding plaintiff's patent valid and willfully infringed is affirmed; however, the award of...

MERCK v. TEVA PHARM.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning the treatment of osteoporosis, the district court incorrectly determined that plaintiff's patent was not invalid as...

SILICON IMAGE, INC. v. GENESIS MICROCHIP INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement dispute concerning specifications for digital interface, no final judgment was issued since conditions precedent to a...

INDEP. INK v. ILL TOOL WORKS, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, Patent
A rebuttable presumption of market power arises from the possession of a patent over a tying product.

TEVA PHARM. v. PFIZER, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, seeking a determination that its generic drug did not infringe defendant's patent, is affirmed where plaintiff failed...