DSU Medical Corp. v. JMS Co.
471 F.3d 1293 (Fed. Cir. 2006) Cited 516 times 27 Legal AnalysesHolding that the record supported jury verdict of no induced infringement where it showed defendant contacted an Australian attorney and "obtained letters from U.S. patent counsel advising that [its product] did not infringe"
In re EMC Corporation
677 F.3d 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2012) Cited 214 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that Rule 20 "requires shared, overlapping facts that give rise to each cause of action, and not just distinct, albeit coincidentally identical, facts. The sameness of the accused products is not enough to establish that claims of infringement arise from the 'same transaction'"
K-B Trucking Co. v. Riss International Corp.
763 F.2d 1148 (10th Cir. 1985) Cited 185 timesHolding that in diversity cases, the identity of a real party in interest is determined by the substantive law of the forum state
BIAX Corp. v. Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Civil Action No. 10-cv-03013-PAB-KLM (D. Colo. Feb. 15, 2012) Cited 5 timesDismissing plaintiff's contributory infringement claim where the complaint "merely recites statutory language"
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 155,692 times 193 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Rule 11 - Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 Cited 35,665 times 139 Legal AnalysesHolding an "unrepresented party" to the same standard as an attorney
Rule 21 - Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
Fed. R. Civ. P. 21 Cited 7,391 times 13 Legal AnalysesGranting district courts broad discretion when deciding whether to sever claims or to dismiss improperly joined claims or defendants
Section 299 - Joinder of parties
35 U.S.C. § 299 Cited 140 times 9 Legal AnalysesLimiting the joinder of accused infringers in patent cases