17 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 234,950 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

    477 U.S. 317 (1986)   Cited 215,238 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"
  3. Microsoft Corp. v. I4I Limited Partnership

    564 U.S. 91 (2011)   Cited 1,138 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 282 ’s presumption of validity in litigation imposes a clear and convincing evidence standard on defendants seeking to prove invalidity
  4. Little v. Liquid Air Corp.

    37 F.3d 1069 (5th Cir. 1994)   Cited 12,303 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a mere scintilla of evidence does not create a genuine issue of material fact
  5. Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co.

    598 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2010)   Cited 584 times   75 Legal Analyses
    Holding that our written description requirement requires that a specification “reasonably convey to those skilled in the art” that the inventor “actually invented” and “had possession of the claimed subject matter as of the filing date [of the invention]”
  6. Sonix Tech. Co. v. Publications Int'l, Ltd.

    844 F.3d 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2017)   Cited 244 times
    Holding that specific examples in the specification provided "points of comparison" that helped form an objective standard of the claim's scope
  7. Net Moneyin v. Verisign

    545 F.3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2008)   Cited 278 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, to anticipate, a single prior art reference must not only disclose all the limitations claimed but also must disclose those limitations "arranged or combined in the same way as recited in the claim"
  8. LSR Consulting, LLC ex rel. Karna v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

    835 F.3d 530 (5th Cir. 2016)   Cited 119 times
    Finding that affidavits were properly admitted because they "contain sufficiently specific statements for the district court to infer that the affiants had personal knowledge of the facts attested therein"
  9. Nike Inc. v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    43 F.3d 644 (Fed. Cir. 1994)   Cited 117 times
    Affirming summary judgment
  10. Santarus, Inc. v. Par Pharm., Inc.

    694 F.3d 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2012)   Cited 68 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Finding that "[d]ue to breaks in the chain of priority," the "[parent] patent [was] prior art for some of the asserted claims"
  11. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 326,905 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
  12. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,255 times   1014 Legal Analyses
    Requiring patent applications to include a "specification" that provides, among other information, a written description of the invention and of the manner and process of making and using it
  13. Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

    35 U.S.C. § 102   Cited 5,928 times   939 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"
  14. Section 282 - Presumption of validity; defenses

    35 U.S.C. § 282   Cited 3,878 times   132 Legal Analyses
    Granting a presumption of validity to patents