Applied Medical Resources Corp. v. United States Surgical Corp.
District court did not err in failing to apply collateral estoppel regarding the reasonable royalty of two different accused products, and the judgment was affirmed. The jury's finding of willfulness was supported by substantial evidence.
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Atofina v. Great Lakes Chem. Co.
Intrinsic record and dictionary definitions support the district court finding of no literal infringement, but the '514 Patent was not anticipated by the prior art nor was it unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.
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Bonzel v. Pfizer, Inc.
A breach of contract suit over the terms of a patent licensing agreement was properly dismissed from U.S. courts on forum non conveniens grounds, when the inventor and the licensee were foreign, and the agreement had been negotiated under German law.
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Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp. v. Velan, Inc.
Preliminary injunction vacated for erroneous claim construction
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M. Eagles Tool Warehouse, Inc. v. Fisher Tooling Co.
A failure to disclose a prior art device to the PTO, where the only evidence of intent is lack of a good faith explanation for the nondisclosure, cannot constitute clear and convincing evidence sufficient to support a determination of culpable intent.
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Microchip Tech. Inc. v. Chamberlain Group, Inc.
On appeal, a declaratory judgment of invalidity and non-infringement was vacated due to lack of case or controversy.
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nCube Corp. v. SeaChange Int'l, Inc.
Court will not import claim limitations; willful infringement found where information given to opinion counsel was manipulated
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Stern v. Trustees of Columbia University, et al
Purported inventor failed to present sufficient evidence to be added as co-inventor of patent-at-issue
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Varco, L.P. v. Pason Systems USA Corp.
The trial courts claim construction was unduly narrow
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Wilson Sporting Goods Co. v. Hillerich & Bradsby Co.
Finding the record too sparse for a decision, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded for a detailed analysis of claim construction in light of the Federal Circuit’s guidance.
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