556 U.S. 418 (2009) Cited 3,404 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that "courts must be mindful that the Government's role as the respondent in every removal proceeding does not make the public interest in each individual one negligible"
Holding the Board may not indefinitely stay an ex parte reexamination in light of parallel district court litigation via the "special dispatch" standard
Holding that "when a claim is cancelled, the patentee loses any cause of action based on that claim, and any pending litigation in which the claims are asserted becomes moot"
943 F. Supp. 2d 1028 (C.D. Cal. 2013) Cited 116 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that simplification or clarification by PTAB review particularly likely "when a party has obtained PTO review of each of the asserted claims in the patents-in-suit
Affirming a district court's decision declining to stay or reopen proceedings after judgment was entered against the defendant pending ongoing patent reexaminations that the defendant initiated post-trial
450 F. Supp. 2d 1107 (N.D. Cal. 2006) Cited 114 times 3 Legal Analyses
Finding that four requests for reexamination that were missing necessary elements suggested movant was taking tactical advantage of opportunities for delay
Finding surety was not a party to the arbitration agreement because the performance bond did not incorporate the contract containing the arbitration clause by reference
Fed. R. Civ. P. 1 Cited 15,276 times 49 Legal Analyses
Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"
35 U.S.C. § 101 Cited 3,439 times 2225 Legal Analyses
Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."