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Unless overruled by a Supreme Court case, Federal Circuit decisions can dictate the results of both patent prosecution and litigation as they are universally binding on all United States district courts and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. An incomplete list of United States Supreme Court patent case law can be found here.
Concerning the issue of obviousness as applied to patent claims. Microsoft v. AT&T: 550 U.S. 437: 2007: Related to international enforceability of U.S. software patents. Quanta v. LG Electronics: 553 U.S. 617: 2008: Patent exhaustion and its applicability to certain types of method patents.
On January 27, 2010, the court ordered the parties to address on the impact of these consolidated cases of the January 22, 2010 ruling by the International Trade Commission, as well as the status of any further proceedings in the ITC and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at the March 12, 2010 case management conference.
Apple's attorneys told the court the "ultimate purpose" of its lawsuit was not money, but to win an injunction against sales of Masimo's smartwatches after an infringement ruling.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear patent-licensing company VirnetX's bid to revive a $502.8 million jury verdict it won against Apple in a dispute over internet-security patents.
An infringer can also be enjoined from further infringement of the patent, even to the point of being forced to remove an infringing product from the market. Until the 2006 Supreme Court case of eBay v. MercExchange, [10] plaintiffs routinely sought, and were granted, injunctions prohibiting infringement of their patents. After 2006 ...
Patent prosecution is distinct from patent litigation, which describes legal action relating to the infringement of patents. The rules and laws governing patent prosecution are often laid out in manuals released by the Patent Offices of various governments, such as the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) in the United States, or the ...
Prosecution disclaimer is a common law doctrine that originates in federal court precedent. One discussion and example of prosecution disclaimer is made in the Federal Circuit case Southwall Techs. Inc. v. Cardinal IG Co. [1] This case also cites several other Federal Circuit cases dealing with prosecution disclaimer. [2]