all - Opinion Summaries

ROSCO, INC. v. MIRROR LITE CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
District court erred in finding that 1) plaintiff's bus mirror patent was invalid as functional and obvious, 2) claims of defendant's patent were...

SCHWING GMBH v. PUTZMEISTER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Intellectual Property, Patent
Prosecution history will bar a holder of a concrete pump patent from asserting that one accused devices infringes the patent, but further...

NOVO NORDISK A/S v. BECTON DICKINSON & CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Two claims from patents related to an insulin delivery system are invalid on the ground of obviousness, and another is invalid based on same-invention...

UNION CARBIDE CHEMS. & PLASTICS TECH. CORP. v. SHELL OIL CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
District court's judgments on asserted invalidity defenses were based upon an incorrect construction of patent claim, but the court did not abuse its...

EAGLE COMTRONICS, INC. v. ARROW COMMUNICATION LAB., INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
Neither prosecution history estoppel nor the all-limitations rule bars infringement, under the doctrine of equivalents, of a patent related to signal...

CREO PRODUCTS, INC. v. PRESSTEK, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A patent claim was not impermissibly broadened during reexamination, and plaintiff did not make a sufficient showing of indefiniteness to overcome the...

IN RE STEPHEN B. BOGESE II

Intellectual Property, Patent
Rejection of a patent application was proper where the applicant forfeited his right to a patent under the doctrine of prosecution history laches.

EAGLE COMTRONICS, INC. v. ARROW COMMUNICATION LAB., INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
Plaintiff's copying of a patent application obtained through discovery, and submitting it as its own, violated a protective order. Neither prosecution...

VANGUARD RESEARCH, INC. v. PEAT, INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissal of a declaratory judgment action alleging noninfringement, invalidity, and unenforceability of a patent was improper, where a case or...

PIN/NIP, INC. v. PLATTE CHEM. CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In claims based on patents which inhibit sprout growth on vegetables, a thesis did not constitute clear and convincing evidence of anticipation, and...