ESN LLC V CISCO SYSTEMS
Filed: July 28, 2010 as 10-1185
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Defendant-Appellee: Cisco Systems, Inc., Cisco-Linksys, LLC
Plaintiff-Appellant: ESN, LLC
TELCORDIA TECH V CISCO SYSTEMS
Filed: July 6, 2010 as 09-1175
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: General Motors LLC, Microsoft Corporation
Defendant/Cross Appellant: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Plaintiff-Appellant: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Xilinx, Inc., et al v. CIR
Filed: March 22, 2010 as 06-74246
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Amicus Curiae: ALTERA CORPORATION, CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.; ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORTATED; AKZO NOBEL, INC.; ALLERGAN, INC.; THE BOEING COMPANY; CATERPILLAR INC.; CHEVRON CORPORTATION; THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY; E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.;, DELOITTE TAX LLP, FORMER U.S. TREASURY AND INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OFFICIALS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, ET. AL., KPMG LLP, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, UNITED STATES COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Amicus Curiae - Pending: ALTERA CORPORATION, APPLE, INC., CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, YAHOO! INC.
Petitioner - Appellee: XILINX, INC., AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
Respondent - Appellant: COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
ARIAD PHARMACEUTICAL V ELI LILLY
Filed: March 22, 2010 as 08-1248
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: Abbott Laboratories, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Amgen, Inc., Christopher A. Cotropia, Christopher M. Holman, Cisco Systems, Inc., Federal Circuit Bar Association, GlaxoSmithKline, Google, Inc., Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Intellectual Property Owners Association, IP Law Society of the University of Kentucky College of Law, Mark D. Janis, Medtronic, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Monsanto Company, NDSU Research Foundation, New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Novozymes A/S, Oskar Liivak, Polymer Construction Products Ltd., RealNetworks, Inc., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Research Corporation Technologies, Inc., Roberta J. Morris, Esq., Ph.D., Safeteccs LLC, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., STC.UNM, The Public Patent Foundation, The Regents of the University of California, The Research Foundation of State University of New York, The University of Texas System
and others
Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:
Defendant-Appellant: Eli Lilly & Company
Plaintiff-Appellee: Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co.
Filed: January 25, 2010 as 08-1511
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: 1st Media, LLC, Acacia Research Corporation, Alejandro Martinez, Alexander Wilson, American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Amy E. Hamilton, Andrea M. Castetter, Apotex Inc., Arvie J. Anderson, Association of Citizens for Patent Protection in the Public, Averie K. Hason, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Biotechnology Law Group, Boston Patent Law Association, Brian P. Barrett, Bruce A. Lehman, Carl I. Brundidge, Christian E. Mammen, Cisco Systems, Inc., Clifford H. Kraft, Attorney at Law, Conejo Valley Bar Association, Dan L. Wood, Danica Hostettler, David C. Hricik, Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Donald L. Corneglio, Jr., ECORE International, Inc., Edward J. Prein, Eisai Co. Ltd., Eisai, Inc., Elizabeth A. McGraw
and others
Defendant-Appellee: Bayer HealthCare LLC, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Nova Biomedical Corporation
Plaintiff-Appellant: Abbott Laboratories, TheraSense, Inc. (n/k/a Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.)
Companies sought a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of patents on diabetes testing products; the patent-holder claimed infringement. The district court found no infringement of two patents, found that several claims in one patent were anticipated, and found another patent (551) unenforceable due to obviousness and inequitable conduct. The Federal Circuit affirmed. With respect to patent 551, there was ample evidence to support a finding of intent to deceive the Patent Office in…
PAICE V TOYOTA MOTOR
Filed: October 29, 2009 as 09-1399
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Apple Inc., Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Verizon Communications, Inc., Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Defendant-Appellant: Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Plaintiff-Appellee: Paice LLC
PAICE V TOYOTA MOTOR
Filed: October 1, 2009 as 09-1399
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Apple Inc., Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Verizon Communications, Inc., Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Defendant-Appellant: Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Plaintiff-Appellee: Paice LLC
LUCENT TECH V GATEWAY
Filed: September 11, 2009 as 08-1485
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: 3M Company, Apple Inc., Bank of America Corporation, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Cisco Systems, Inc., Coverity, Inc., Dolby Laboratories, Inc., E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Eli Lilly & Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, General Electric Company, Intel Corporation, InterDigital Communications, LLC, Johnson & Johnson, Micron Technology, Inc., Oracle Corporation, Palm, Inc., Qualcomm Incorporated, Regulatory DataCorp, Inc., SAP America, Inc., Symantec Corporation, Tessera Technologies, Inc., The Procter & Gamble Co., Trimble Navigation Ltd., Wyeth, Yahoo! Inc.
Defendant/Counterclaimant: Dell, Inc.
Defendant/Counterclaimant-Appellant: Microsoft Corporation
Oracle Corporation:
Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant: Multimedia Patent Trust
Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant-Cross Appellant: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
ARIAD PHARMACEUTICAL V ELI LILLY
Filed: August 21, 2009 as 08-1248
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: Abbott Laboratories, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Amgen, Inc., Christopher A. Cotropia, Christopher M. Holman, Cisco Systems, Inc., Federal Circuit Bar Association, GlaxoSmithKline, Google, Inc., Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Intellectual Property Owners Association, IP Law Society of the University of Kentucky College of Law, Mark D. Janis, Medtronic, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Monsanto Company, NDSU Research Foundation, New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Novozymes A/S, Oskar Liivak, Polymer Construction Products Ltd., RealNetworks, Inc., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Research Corporation Technologies, Inc., Roberta J. Morris, Esq., Ph.D., Safeteccs LLC, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., STC.UNM, The Public Patent Foundation, The Regents of the University of California, The Research Foundation of State University of New York, The University of Texas System
and others
Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:
Defendant-Appellant: Eli Lilly & Company
Plaintiff-Appellee: Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
CARDIAC PACEMAKER V ST JUDE MEDICAL
Filed: March 6, 2009 as 07-1296
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: AGA Medical Corporation, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Apple Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Federal Circuit Bar Association, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Ormco Corporation, Research In Motion, Ltd., Symantec Corporation, William Mitchell College of Law Intellectual Property Inst, Xilinx, Inc.
Defendant/Cross Appellant: Pacesetter, Inc., St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Plaintiff-Appellant: Anna Mirowski, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., Guidant Sales Corporation, Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC
THERASENSE V BECTON
Filed: February 19, 2009 as 08-1511
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: 1st Media, LLC, Acacia Research Corporation, Alejandro Martinez, Alexander Wilson, American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Amy E. Hamilton, Andrea M. Castetter, Apotex Inc., Arvie J. Anderson, Association of Citizens for Patent Protection in the Public, Averie K. Hason, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Biotechnology Law Group, Boston Patent Law Association, Brian P. Barrett, Bruce A. Lehman, Carl I. Brundidge, Christian E. Mammen, Cisco Systems, Inc., Clifford H. Kraft, Attorney at Law, Conejo Valley Bar Association, Dan L. Wood, Danica Hostettler, David C. Hricik, Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Donald L. Corneglio, Jr., ECORE International, Inc., Edward J. Prein, Eisai Co. Ltd., Eisai, Inc., Elizabeth A. McGraw
and others
Defendant-Appellee: Bayer HealthCare LLC, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Nova Biomedical Corporation
Plaintiff-Appellant: Abbott Laboratories, TheraSense, Inc. (n/k/a Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.)
THERASENSE V BECTON
Filed: February 18, 2009 as 08-1511
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: 1st Media, LLC, Acacia Research Corporation, Alejandro Martinez, Alexander Wilson, American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Amy E. Hamilton, Andrea M. Castetter, Apotex Inc., Arvie J. Anderson, Association of Citizens for Patent Protection in the Public, Averie K. Hason, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Biotechnology Law Group, Boston Patent Law Association, Brian P. Barrett, Bruce A. Lehman, Carl I. Brundidge, Christian E. Mammen, Cisco Systems, Inc., Clifford H. Kraft, Attorney at Law, Conejo Valley Bar Association, Dan L. Wood, Danica Hostettler, David C. Hricik, Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Donald L. Corneglio, Jr., ECORE International, Inc., Edward J. Prein, Eisai Co. Ltd., Eisai, Inc., Elizabeth A. McGraw
and others
Defendant-Appellee: Bayer HealthCare LLC, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Nova Biomedical Corporation
Plaintiff-Appellant: Abbott Laboratories, TheraSense, Inc. (n/k/a Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.)
THERASENSE V BECTON
Filed: February 2, 2009 as 08-1511
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: 1st Media, LLC, Acacia Research Corporation, Alejandro Martinez, Alexander Wilson, American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Amy E. Hamilton, Andrea M. Castetter, Apotex Inc., Arvie J. Anderson, Association of Citizens for Patent Protection in the Public, Averie K. Hason, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Biotechnology Law Group, Boston Patent Law Association, Brian P. Barrett, Bruce A. Lehman, Carl I. Brundidge, Christian E. Mammen, Cisco Systems, Inc., Clifford H. Kraft, Attorney at Law, Conejo Valley Bar Association, Dan L. Wood, Danica Hostettler, David C. Hricik, Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Donald L. Corneglio, Jr., ECORE International, Inc., Edward J. Prein, Eisai Co. Ltd., Eisai, Inc., Elizabeth A. McGraw
and others
Defendant-Appellee: Bayer HealthCare LLC, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Nova Biomedical Corporation
Plaintiff-Appellant: Abbott Laboratories, TheraSense, Inc. (n/k/a Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.)
RICOH COMPANY V QUANTA COMPUTER
Filed: December 23, 2008 as 07-1567
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: Cisco Systems, Inc., Micron Technology, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Symantec Corporation
Defendant-Appellee: NU Technology, Inc., Quanta Computer USA, Inc., Quanta Computer, Inc., Quanta Storage, Inc.
Plaintiff-Appellant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Rambus Incorporated v. FTC
Filed: April 22, 2008 as 07-1086
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Amicus Curiae: S. M. Oliva
Amicus Curiae For Respondent: American Samoa Government, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., State of Alaska, State of Arizona, State of Arkansas, State of Colorado, State of Florida, State of Hawaii, State of Idaho, State of Illinois, State of Iowa, State of Kansas, State of Louisiana, State of Maine, State of Maryland, State of Massachusetts, State of Michigan, State of Minnesota, State of Missouri, State of Nevada, State of New Jersey, State of New Mexico, State of New York, State of Ohio, State of Oklahoma, State of Oregon, State of South Dakota, State of Utah, State of Vermont
and others
Movant-Amicus Curiae For Respondent: American Antitrust Institute, Cisco Systems Inc., Consumer Federation of America, Hewlett Packard Co., Hynix Semiconduct Deutschland, Hynix Semiconductor America, Inc., Hynix Semiconductor U.K. Ltd, Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., Public Patent Foundation, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Petitioner: Rambus Incorporated
Respondent: Federal Trade Commission
Systems Unlimited, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
Filed: April 6, 2007 as 06-15014
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Systems Unlimited, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
Filed: April 6, 2007 as 06-12357
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
MERCEXCHANGE V EBAY
Filed: March 22, 2005 as 03-1600
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: CHARLES SCHWAB, CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., DELL, NVIDIA CORPORATION, SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
Defendant-Appellant: EBAY INC., HALF.COM, INC.
Plaintiff-Cross Appellant: MERCEXCHANGE, L.L.C.
MERCEXCHANGE V EBAY
Filed: March 16, 2005 as 03-1600
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Amicus Curiae: CHARLES SCHWAB, CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., DELL, NVIDIA CORPORATION, SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
Defendant-Appellant: EBAY INC., HALF.COM, INC.
Plaintiff-Cross Appellant: MERCEXCHANGE, L.L.C.
