7 Cited authorities

  1. Seattle Box Co. v. Indus. Crating Packing

    731 F.2d 818 (Fed. Cir. 1984)   Cited 231 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[a]n original patent cannot be infringed once a reissue patent has issued, for the original patent is surrendered" and "[t]he original claims are dead"
  2. Cauley v. Wilson

    754 F.2d 769 (7th Cir. 1985)   Cited 127 times
    Holding that "a district court may seek to reimburse the defendant for his attorneys' fees because he [or she] faces a risk that the plaintiff will re-file the suit and impose duplicative expenses upon him."
  3. Nippy, Inc. v. Pro Rok, Inc.

    932 F. Supp. 41 (D.P.R. 1996)   Cited 13 times
    Granting plaintiff's motion for voluntary dismissal of civil RICO claim, and holding that " civil RICO lawsuit involves serious allegations of enormous consequences; its use should not be abused"
  4. Rule 41 - Dismissal of Actions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 41   Cited 107,578 times   195 Legal Analyses
    Holding that such dismissal "operates as an adjudication on the merits"
  5. Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

    35 U.S.C. § 102   Cited 5,935 times   941 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"
  6. Section 256 - Correction of named inventor

    35 U.S.C. § 256   Cited 663 times   63 Legal Analyses
    Permitting correction of inventorship "[w]henever . . . through error an inventor is not named in an issued patent and such error arose without any deceptive intention on his part"
  7. Section 252 - Effect of reissue

    35 U.S.C. § 252   Cited 290 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Stating 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 ”