Phillips v. AWH Corp.
415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) Cited 5,748 times 164 Legal AnalysesHolding that "because extrinsic evidence can help educate the court regarding the field of the invention and can help the court determine what a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand claim terms to mean, it is permissible for the district court in its sound discretion to admit and use such evidence"
Poulis v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.
747 F.2d 863 (3d Cir. 1984) Cited 3,390 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that imposing excess costs, including attorneys' fees, caused by unjustified attorney conduct or delay during the pretrial process on the attorney responsible is the "preferable sanction"
Briscoe v. Klaus
538 F.3d 252 (3d Cir. 2008) Cited 796 timesHolding that, under Poulis analysis, claims that survived summary judgment stage of litigation are deemed to have merit
Lightning Lube, Inc. v. Witco Corp.
4 F.3d 1153 (3d Cir. 1993) Cited 1,175 timesHolding that the owner of a small business may testify as a lay witness regarding the projected future profits of his business
Adams v. Trustees, N.J. Brewery Trust Fund
29 F.3d 863 (3d Cir. 1994) Cited 858 timesHolding that "[e]xtensive or repeated delay or delinquency constitutes a history of dilatoriness"
Mindek v. Rigatti
964 F.2d 1369 (3d Cir. 1992) Cited 845 timesFinding it is not necessary that all of the factors point toward a default before that sanction will be upheld
Hoxworth v. Blinder, Robinson Co., Inc.
980 F.2d 912 (3d Cir. 1992) Cited 716 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding plaintiffs entitled to presumption of reliance because of defendants' nondisclosure of pricing policy
Lyell Theatre Corp. v. Loews Corp.
682 F.2d 37 (2d Cir. 1982) Cited 817 timesHolding that a district court's authority to dismiss an action for failure to prosecute "cannot seriously be doubted"
Honeywell International, Inc. v. ITT Industries, Inc.
452 F.3d 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2006) Cited 265 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that the claims were limited to fuel filters, despite the fact that the claims contained no fuel filter limitation, because "[o]n at least four occasions, the written description refers to the fuel filter as 'this invention' or 'the present invention. . . . ' "
Qadr v. Overmyer
642 F. App'x 100 (3d Cir. 2016) Cited 50 timesNo. 15-3090 03-08-2016 NUR QADR, aka Jeffrey Pratt v. MR. MICHAEL OVERMYER, Superintendent; MR. OBERLANDER, Deputy Supt; DEPUTY J. HORTON, Deputy Facility Manager; MR. DOMBROSKI, Acting Corrections Classification Program Manager; MR. WILLIAM COLE, Corrections Classification Program Manager; MS. C. KENNEDY, Grievance Coordinator; MS. SEIGAL, Grievance Coordinator; JOHN DOE, Food Service Manager; MR. MCQUOWN, Facility Chaplain Program Director; JOHN/JANE DOE, Corrections Healthcare Administrator; MS
Rule 41 - Dismissal of Actions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 41 Cited 110,621 times 197 Legal AnalysesHolding that such dismissal "operates as an adjudication on the merits"
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,480 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Section 2510 - Definitions
18 U.S.C. § 2510 Cited 4,275 times 79 Legal AnalysesDefining "[i]nvestigative or law enforcement officer" as an officer "empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for [certain] offenses . . . and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses"
Section 252 - Effect of reissue
35 U.S.C. § 252 Cited 290 times 22 Legal AnalysesStating that a reissued patent shall have the same effect as the original patent “in so far as the claims of the original and reissued patents are substantially identical ”
Section 307 - Certificate of patentability, unpatentability, and claim cancellation
35 U.S.C. § 307 Cited 116 times 10 Legal AnalysesStating that “a reexamination proceeding will have the same effect as that specified in section 252 for reissued patents”