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SURFCO HAWAII v FIN CONTROL SYS. PTY. LTD.

Intellectual Property, Patent
The right to replace or modify a part of a patented device does not require that the part be spent or broken because extension of the useful life of...

TURBOCARE DIV. OF DEMAG DELAVAL TURBOMACHINERY CORP. v. GEN. ELEC. CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where the specification makes clear that the claim term was used to denote structure, not function, the claim is not in means-plus-function form and...

WINBOND ELECS. CORP. v. INT'L TRADE COMM'N

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where the patent owner offered an industry-wide royalty-free license if the industry adopted the patent as an industry standard, but the industry...

MCGINLEY v. FRANKLIN SPORTS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
35 USC 112 guarantees drafters of means-plus-function claim limitations a range of equivalents extending beyond that which is explicitly disclosed in...

GLAXO GROUP LTD. v. RANBAXY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where the product for which defendant seeks FDA approval contains a higher crystalline content than the "crystalline free" product of plaintiff's,...

BELL ATL. NETWORK SERVS., INC. v. COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Where a claim specifies a changing rate of data transfer, no combination of static rate data transfer devices can be infringing under the doctrine of...

OKAJIMA v. BOURDEAU

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where the parties agree that the level of skill in the art is high, any finding by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that the proper level...

MONSANTO CO. v. MYCOGEN PLANT SCI., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
The presumed ability of a reasonable juror to understand the evidence in a diligence case precludes a requirement that a party must explain lab...

GENERATION II ORTHOTICS INC. v. MED. TECH. INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Restricting the claimed function to one of several possible meanings would impermissibly limit the claim by adopting a function different from that...

MSM INV. CO., LLC v CAROLWOOD CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A patent claim for "feeding" a "beneficial amount" of a substance, methylsulfonylmethane, to animals is not limited using the substance for...