Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
509 U.S. 579 (1993) Cited 26,767 times 231 Legal AnalysesHolding that a trial judge must ensure that all admitted expert testimony "is not only relevant, but reliable"
General Electric Co. v. Joiner
522 U.S. 136 (1997) Cited 4,938 times 42 Legal AnalysesHolding that under the abuse of discretion standard the appellate court will not reverse unless the ruling is manifestly erroneous
Ervin v. Johnson
492 F.3d 901 (7th Cir. 2007) Cited 276 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that a physician's opinion, without the support of epidemiological data or any physiological explanation was unreliable
Dura Automotive Systems of Indiana, Inc. v. CTS Corp.
285 F.3d 609 (7th Cir. 2002) Cited 274 timesHolding that expert cannot give opinion that is "just parroting the opinion of [another] expert"
Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc.
107 F.3d 1565 (Fed. Cir. 1997) Cited 301 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]ach application in the chain must describe the claimed features" and that if "one of the intervening applications does not describe" the subject matter, the later application cannot claim the benefit of the earlier application
Sundance, Inc. v. DeMonte Fabricating Ltd.
550 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2008) Cited 176 times 9 Legal AnalysesHolding that the district court abused its discretion in permitting a witness not qualified as an expert in the pertinent art to testify as an expert regarding issues of noninfringement or invalidity
Environmental Designs, Ltd. v. Union Oil Co.
713 F.2d 693 (Fed. Cir. 1983) Cited 220 timesHolding that there is no duty to disclose a mere "conception" because it is not material
Florek v. Vill. of Mundelein
649 F.3d 594 (7th Cir. 2011) Cited 97 timesHolding under the Fourth Amendment's reasonable analysis that officer's decision to not give arrest suspect aspirin when "her outward appearance did not put officers on notice of her medical condition" was reasonable as there is no requirement to "provide what hindsight reveals to be the most effective medical care"
Custom Accessories v. Jeffrey-Allan Indus
807 F.2d 955 (Fed. Cir. 1986) Cited 176 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that upon reissue, the burden of proving invalidity is "made heavier"
Bayer AG v. Schein Pharms., Inc.
301 F.3d 1306 (Fed. Cir. 2002) Cited 83 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that an application may claim benefit under § 120 to defeat an invalidity defense under § 102(d)
Rule 702 - Testimony by Expert Witnesses
Fed. R. Evid. 702 Cited 27,237 times 273 Legal AnalysesAdopting the Daubert standard
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Section 112 - Specification
35 U.S.C. § 112 Cited 7,325 times 1038 Legal AnalysesRequiring patent applications to include a "specification" that provides, among other information, a written description of the invention and of the manner and process of making and using it