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ANTONIOUS v. SPALDING & EVENFLO COS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A patent claim construction that interprets, "extends into and connects with" a thing, as similar to, "abuts against and is joined or fastened to"...

LNP ENG'G PLASTICS, INC. v. MILLER WASTE MILLS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Opinions of counsel obtained two years after the accused infringer has notice are sufficient to rebut an accusation of willful infringement where...

INTERACTIVE PICTURES CORP. v. INFINITE PICTURES, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an image software patent, the term "transform calculation" is not a narrowing amendment to an original application term "image transform processor...

INTERMATIC INC. v. LAMSON & SESSIONS CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Prosecution history estoppel applies to a claim limitation that was narrowed in order to obtain allowance of a claim during reexamination, despite the...

BOSE CORP. v. JBL, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
For purposes of the doctrine of equivalents, a claim that a device has "an ellipse" does not narrow the scope of a claim against a device with a "a...

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. v. ETHICON, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Failure to disclose all procedures in the claim does not automatically invalidate a patent or make undiclosed procedures part of the public domain.

DETHMERS MFG. CO., INC. v. AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT MFG CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Word-for-word correspondence is not required between a reissue declaration and the changes made in a reissue application under 37 CFR 1.175(a).

RHONE-POULENC AGRO, S.A. v. DeKALB GENETICS CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A sublicensee that acquired the sublicense from a licensee that acquired the original license by fraud, may retain the sublicense by establishing that...

REXNORD CORP. v. LAITRAM CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Patent applicant's failure to describe in the specification a conceivable and possible future embodiment of his invention does not preclude claim...

NOVARTIS CORP. v. BEN VENUE LAB., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where patent holder claims alleged infringer's manufacturing process would infringe its patent, failure of patent holder's expert witness to...