List of patent case law

This list contains an alphabetical listing of historically significant or leading case law in the area of patent law.

A

* "Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's Application" (UK, 2006)
* "Ariad v. Lilly" (US, 2006)
* "Arizona Cartridge Remanufacturers Association Inc. v. Lexmark International Inc." (US, 2005)
* "Auction Method/Hitachi" (EPO, 2004)

B

* "Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell" (US, 1913)

C

*"Catnic Components Ltd. v. Hill & Smith Ltd." (UK, 1982)
*"City of Elizabeth v. American Nicholson Pavement Co." (US, 1878)
*"Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co." (US, 1908)

D

* "Diamond v. Chakrabarty" (US, 1980)
* "Diamond v. Diehr" (US, 1981)

E

* "EBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C." (US, 2006)
* "Egbert v. Lippmann" (US, 1881)
* "Ex Parte Bowman" (US, 2001 )
* "Ex Parte Lundgren" (US, 2004)
* "Ex Parte Quayle" (US, 1935)

F

* "Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co." (US, 2002)
* "Free World Trust v. Électro Santé Inc." (CA, 2000)

G

:"For "G" decisions of the European Patent Office, see List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office."
* "Gottschalk v. Benson" (US, 1972)
* "Graham v. John Deere Co." (US, 1966)
* "Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co. v. Linde Air Products Co." (US, 1950)

H

* "Harvard College v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents)" : patent of higher lifeforms (CA, 2002)
* "Honeywell v. Sperry Rand" (US, 1973)

I

* "Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc." (US, 2006)
* "Improver v Remington" (UK, 1990)

J

K

*"Kirin-Amgen v Hoechst Marion Roussel" (UK, 2004)
*"KSR v. Teleflex" (US, 2006)

L

M

* "Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc." (US, 1996)
* "Menashe v. William Hill" (UK, 2002)
* "Merck v. Integra" (US, 2005)
* "Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser" (CA, 2004)

N

O

P

* "Parker v. Flook" (US, 1978)
* "Pension Benefit Systems Partnership" (EPO, 2000)
* "Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc." (US, 1998)

Q

R

S

* "State Street Bank & Trust Company v. Signature Financial Group, Inc." (US, 1998)

T

U

V

W

* "Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co." (US, 1997)

X

Y

Z

See also

* List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office
* List of decisions of the EPO Boards of Appeal relating to Article 52(2) and (3) EPC
* List of judgments of the UK Courts relating to excluded subject matter
* List of United States patent law cases
* List of trademark case law
* List of copyright case law

External links

* [http://www.wipo.int/enforcement/en/case_law.html "Internet Sources for Intellectual Property Case Law"] on the WIPO web site