Representative Cases
Patents
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Contractors USA Inc., Case Number 4:07-cv-02392 (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas-Houston Division)

Bilski v. Kappos, No. 08-964 (U.S. Supreme Court, June 2010)

Edwards Lifesciences LLC, et al. v. Cook Incorporated, et al., Appeal No. 2009-1006 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2009)

Star Scientific, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al., Nos. MJG-01-1504 & MJG-02-2504 (D. Md. 2009)

Bilski v. Doll, cert. granted, 77 U.S.L.W. 3656 (June 1, 2009) (No. 08-964)

Abbott Labs. v. Sandoz Inc., 07-1400 (Fed. Cir. May 18, 2009) (en banc)

Nitro Distributing, Inc. et al. v. Alticor Inc. et al., No. 08-1451 (8th Cir. May 4, 2009)

Energizer Holdings Inc. et al. v. Spectrum Brands Inc., case number 3:08-cv-00431 (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, 2008)

Eaton Corp. v. ZF Meritor et al., case number 2:03-cv-74844 (U.S. District for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2008)

Nuijten v. Dudas, 129 S.Ct. 70 (2008).

In re Bilski, 545 F.3d 943 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (en banc)

Star Scientific, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al., Nos. MJG-01-1504 & MJG-02-2504 (D. Md., 2007)

Brand and Capital Machine Co., Inc. et al. v. Miller et al., No. 2006-1419 (Fed. Cir. May 14, 2007)

Abbott Labs. v. Sandoz Inc., 486 F. Supp. 2d 767 (N.D. Ill. 2007)

MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., 549 U.S. 118 (2007)

KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., 550 U.S. 398 1727 (2007).

Chiron Corp. v. Genentech, Inc., 363 F.3d 1247 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Tilia International, Inc. v. The Rival Company (N.D. Cal. 2004) and In The Matter of Certain Home Vacuum Packaging Machines (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp., 383 F.3d 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (en banc)

Intermatic Incorporated v. Lamson & Sessions (94C 50295) (November 12, 2002)

In re Doyle, 293 F.3d 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2002).

In re Glaug, 283 F.3d 1335 (Fed. Cir. 2002).

Sidel v. Uniloy Milacron, Inc. et al., 61 USPQ2d 1480 (N.D. Ga. 2001).

The Tisket-A-Tasket Group Inc. v. H.S. Craft Mfg. Co., 53 USPQ2d 1380 (S.D. Ind. 1999)

The Tisket-A-Tasket Group Inc. v. H.S. Craft Mfg. Co., 53 USPQ2d 1283 (S.D. Ind. 1999)

Nartron Corp. v. Amway Corp., (unpublished decisions of Michigan Circuit Court, 1995, 1996; Michigan Court of Appeals 1999)

Rodgard Corporation et al. v. Miner Enterprises et al., 12 USPQ2d 1353 (United States District Court for the Western District of New York, 1998)

Navistar International Transportation Corp. v. Freightliner Corp., 49 USPQ2d 1108; 49 USPQ2d 1116 (N.D. Ill. 1998) and Slip Opinion, No. 96 C 6922 (Dec. 21, 1998)

Alpine Lace Brands, Inc. v. Borden, Inc., Schreiber Foods, Inc. et al. No. 95-1131 (JWB) (D.N.J. 1996), aff'd, Nos. 96-1511, 97-1047 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 22, 1998)

AMP Incorporated and The Whitaker Corp. v. Teradyne Inc., No. 4:CV-98-0975 (M.D. Pa., filed June 19, 1998).

Viskase Corporation v. American National Can Company, 45 USPQ2d 1675 (N.D. Ill. 1997)

Navistar International Transportation Corporation v. Freightliner Corp. et al., No. 97 C 3792 (N.D. Ill.); see also 44 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1382 (N.D. Ill. 1997)

Ferag, Inc. v. Grapha-Holding, Inc., 935 F. Supp. 1238 (D.D.C. 1996), aff'd mem., 129 F.3d 135 (Fed. Cir. 1997); see also 905 F. Supp. 1 (D.D.C. 1993)

The Rival Company & Patton Electric Company, Inc. v. TPI Corporation & Harold J. Hertenstein (1:96-cv-00277-WBH, 1996)

In re Certain Electrical Connectors and Products Containing Same, No. 337-TA-374 (U.S. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 1996)

Bradshaw, et al. v. Igloo Products Corp., 912 F. Supp. 1088 (N.D. Ill. 1996)

Omega Mfg. Corp. v. Valley Tissue Pkg., Inc., No. 95-CV-1323 (E.D. Wis., filed Dec. 29, 1995).

Ferag AG v. Quipp, Inc., 45 F.3d 1562 (Fed. Cir. 1995)

Wolverine World Wide Inc. v. Nike Inc., 38 F.3d 1192 (Fed. Cir. 1994)

Amway Corp. v. Nartron Corp., 32 USPQ2d 1757 (W.D. Mich 1994)

Richardson-Vicks, Inc. v. The Upjohn Company, et al., D. Del. (C.A. No. 93-556, 1994)

Munsingwear Inc. v. Jockey International Inc., 31 USPQ2d 1146 (D.C. Minn. 1994); aff'd 39 F.3d 1184 (8th Cir. 1994)

Sterling-Drug Inc. v. Bayer AG, 14 F.3d 733 (Fed. Cir. 1994)

Carabillo v. Norm Thompson Outfitters, Inc., No. 93-1601 JO (D. Or. 1993)

Roadmaster Corporation v. NordicTrack, Inc., 29 USPQ2d 1699 (N.D. Ill. 1993)

Jodee Plastics, Inc. d/b/a Patrician Plastics v. Tri-Seal International Inc., E.D.N.Y. (CV 89-2088, 1989), affirmed, Fed. Cir. (No. 93-1364, 93-1382, 1993)

In re Convertible Rowing Exerciser Patent Litigation, 817 F.Supp. 434 (D.Del. 1993); see also 903 F.2d 822 (Fed. Cir. 1990)

Molins PLC v. Textron, Inc., 821 F. Supp. 1551 (D. Del. 1992), 840 F. Supp. 306 (D. Del. 1993), aff'd in pertinent part, 48 F.3d 1172 (Fed. Cir. 1995)

Lawson v. Enloe, 26 USPQ2d 1594 (Bd. of Pat. App. & Int. 1992)

Those Characters From Cleveland & Amtoy, Inc. v. J.J. Gams, Inc., et al., 23 USPQ2d 1109 (S.D. N.Y. 1992)

Phillips v. World Association of Document Examiners, et al. (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1992)

BFGoodrich FlightSystems, Inc. v. Insight Instruments Corp. et al., 22 USPQ2d 1832 (S.D. Ohio 1992), aff'd, 991 F.2d 810 (Fed. Cir. 1993)

AMP, Inc. v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co., No. 1:CV-90-1446 (M.D. Pa. 1991)

National Presto Industries, Inc. v. Dazey Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 18 USPQ2d 1113 (N.D. Ill. 1990), aff'd, 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 22984

In Re Webb, 916 F.2d 1553 (Fed. Cir. 1990)

Hitachi, Ltd. v. Motorola, Inc. (United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1990)

Loral Corp. v. The B.F. Goodrich Co., 15 USPQ2d 1396 (CAFC 1990)

Aluminum Company of America v. Reynolds Metals Company (1990)

Vitaline Corp. v. General Mills Inc., 891 F.2d 273 (Fed. Cir. 1989)

Everpure Inc. v. Cuno Inc., 10 USPQ2d 1855 (CAFC 1989)

Lear-Siegler, Inc. v. Sealy Mattress Company of Michigan, Inc., 873 F.2d 1422 (Fed. Cir. 1989)

Intermatic Incorporated v. Chardonnay Corp. (1988)

A.B. Chance Co. v. RTE Corp., 854 F.2d 1307 (Fed. Cir. 1988)

Precision Metal Fabricators, Inc. v. Jetstream Systems Co., 693 F. Supp. 814 (N.D. Cal. 1988)

Peyton v. Fish Hawk Elecs. Corp., U.S. Dist. N.D. Ill. 1988, available in LEXIS 10862

Gordon, et al. v. Jacobson, et al., Interference No. 101,502 (1988)

Kennecott Corp. v. Kyocera Inern, Inc., 835 F.2d 1419 (Fed. Cir. 1987)

Woodard et al. v. Sage Products, Inc., et al., 98 F.R.D. 452 (D. Del. 1986; 2 USPQ2d 1649 (Fed. Cir. 1987)

AmBrit Inc. v. Kraft, Inc., 812 F.2d 1531 (11th Cir. 1986)

USX Telecenters Corp. v. USX Corp., 2 USPQ2d 1238 (N.D. Cal. 1986)

WNS, Inc. v. Deck the Walls, Inc., 4 USPQ2d 1377 (D. Ct. N.D. Ill. 1986)

Medtronic, Inc. v. Intermedics, Inc., 230 USPQ 641 (S.D. Texas, 1986)

R.E. Phelon Co. v. Wabash Inc., 640 F. Supp. 1383 (N.D. Ind. 1986), aff'd, 824 F.2d 977 (Fed. Cir. 1987)

Pierce Foods Incorporated v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 231 USPQ 287 (U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1986)

Shiley, Inc. v. Bentley Labs, Inc., 621 F. Supp. 105 (C.D. Cal. 1985)

Research and Trading Corp. v. BH/Sala Corp. and Barrow Hepburn Equipment Limited, Civ. Act. 83-C-7302 (N.D. Il. 1985)

AB IRO & Wesco v. Otex, Inc., 566 F. Supp. 419 (D. Ct. S.C. 1983)

Shurie v. Richmond, 699 F. 2d 1156, 216 USPQ 1042 (Fed. Cir. 1983)

Solar Turbines Incorporated v. Gemini Engine Company, 218 USPQ 854 (T.T.A.B. 1983), aff'd, 727 F.2d 1118 (Fed. Cir. 1983)

Federal Laboratories v. Barringer Research, Ltd. and Intex, Inc., 696 F.2d 271 (3rd Cir. 1982)

Technicon Medical Information Systems Corp. v. Green Bay Packaging Inc., 687 F.2d 1032 (7th Cir. 1982)

Novo Industri A/S v. Travenol Laboratories Inc., 211 USPQ 371, 378, 379 (N.D. Ill. 1981), aff'd 677 F.2d 1202 (7th Cir. 1982)

Goldberg v. Medtronic, Inc., 209 USPQ 259 (N.D. Ill. 1980) and 212 USPQ 439 (N.D. Ill. 1981)[Defendant's motion for summary judgment denied, 203 USPQ 233 (N.D. Ill. 1978)].

Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorim A/S v. Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc., 607 F.2d 186 (7th Cir. 1979)

Contemporary Books, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al., No. 78 C 2304 (N.D. Ill. 1978)

Big O Tire Dealers, Inc. v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., 195 USPQ 417 (10th Cir. 1977)

AMP, Incorporated v. Molex, Inc. (N.D. Ill. 1971)

Ecodyne Corp. v. Levendusky, Super. Ct., Chancery Div., Union County, New Jersey (C-3843-71, 1971)