U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1994

In re Morris Epstein

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided August 17, 1994 · Plager, Cowen, Schall

32 F.3d 1559; 40 Fed. R. Serv. 773; 31 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1817; 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 21932; 1994 WL 440454 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

Gregor N. Neff, Curtis, Morris & Safford, P.C., New York City, argued for appellant. With him on the brief was Adam L. Brook-man., Lee E. Barrett, Associate Sol., Office of the Sol., Arlington, VA, argued for appellee. With him on the brief was Fred E. McKel-vey, Sol.

Cases that cite this one

37 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Biofrontera Inc. (District Court, D. Massachusetts 2020)
Tafas v. Doll (Fed. Cir. 2009)
SRI International, Inc. v. Internet Security Systems, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2008)
Black & Decker Inc. v. Robert Bosch Tool Corp. (District Court, N.D. Illinois 2007)
Izumi Products Co. v. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 2004)
System Management Arts, Inc. v. Avesta Technologies, Inc. (District Court, S.D. New York 2000)
Pfund v. United States (United States Court of Federal Claims 1998)
Circle R, Inc. v. Smithco Mfg., Inc. (District Court, N.D. Iowa 1996)
Definitive Holdings v. Powerteq (District Court, D. Utah 2024)
In re WINGEN LLC (Fed. Cir. 2023)
In re PUBLICOVER (Fed. Cir. 2020)
FMC Technologies, Inc v. OneSubsea IP UK Limited (District Court, S.D. Texas 2019)
Oracle America, Inc. v. Google, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2015)
Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Kappos (District Court, E.D. Virginia 2013)
Pixion, Inc. v. Citrix Systems, Inc. (United States District Court for the Northern District of California 2012)
In re Comiskey (Fed. Cir. 2009)
Ca, Inc. v. Simple. Com, Inc. (District Court, E.D. New York 2009)
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. v. CIBA VISION CORPORATION (United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2009)
Zenith Electronics Corp. v. PDI Communication Systems, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2008)
CNET Networks, Inc. v. Etilize, Inc. (United States District Court for the Northern District of California 2008)
Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. eSpeed, Inc. (District Court, N.D. Illinois 2007)
Eolas Technologies Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2005)
Netscape Communications Corporation v. Konrad (Fed. Cir. 2002)
Seal-Flex, Inc. v. W.R. Dougherty & Associates, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Michigan 2002)
MLMC, LTD. v. Airtouch Communications, Inc. (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 2002)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

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