3 Cited authorities

  1. Ethicon, Inc. v. U.S. Surgical Corp.

    135 F.3d 1456 (Fed. Cir. 1998)   Cited 335 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding "as a matter of substantive patent law, all co-owners must ordinarily consent to join as plaintiffs in an infringement suit"
  2. Levin v. Septodont, Inc.

    Civil Action WMN-99-647 (D. Md. Feb. 1, 2001)

    Civil Action WMN-99-647 February, 2001 MEMORANDUM William M. Nickerson, United States District Judge Before the Court is Defendant Septodont's Motion for Attorney Fees. Paper No. 52. Plaintiffs have moved to strike Defendant's motion on the ground of untimeliness, and have also opposed the motion on its merits. Paper No. 56. Upon a review of the motions and the applicable case law, the Court determines that Defendant's motion for fees will be stricken as untimely. This case arose out of a contract

  3. Section 103 - Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,052 times   443 Legal Analyses
    Holding the party seeking invalidity must prove "the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains."