U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1996

Filmtec Corporation v. Hydranautics

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided January 23, 1996 · Newman, Plager, Clevenger

67 F.3d 931; 1995 WL 599982 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

James R. Martin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutch-er, Los Angeles, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellee. Bernd W. Sandt and Gary C. Cohn, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, were on the brief, for plaintiff-appellee., Carl W. Schwarz, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellant. With him on the brief was Seth D. Greenstein.

Cases that cite this one

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

Tyco Healthcare Group LP v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. (Fed. Cir. 2014)
Nobelpharma AB v. Implant Innovations, Inc. (District Court, N.D. Illinois 1996)
Victus, Ltd. v. Collezione Europa U.S.A., Inc. (District Court, M.D. North Carolina 1998)
Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC v. Atticus, LLC (District Court, E.D. North Carolina 2022)
Ecrix Corp. v. Exabyte Corp. (United States District Court for the District of Colorado 2000)
Dow Chemical Co. v. Exxon Corp. (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 1998)
Insultherm, Inc. v. Tank Insulation International, Inc. (District Court, S.D. Texas 1995)
The Centech Group, Inc. v. United States (United States Court of Federal Claims 2022)
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v. Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) In (3d Cir. 2022)
Chandler v. Phoenix Services LLC (Fed. Cir. 2021)
Alvin Demery v. R Obert L. W Ilkie (United States Court of Veteran Appeals 2019)
Xitronix Corporation v. Kla-Tencor Corporation (Fed. Cir. 2019)
Anchor Pacifica Management v. Green CA2/7 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014)
Anchor Pacifica Management Co. v. Green CA2/7 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014)
Regional Multiple Listing Service of Minnesota, Inc. v. American Home Realty Network, Inc. (D. Minn. 2013)
In re Flonase Antitrust Litigation (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania 2011)
Roxane Laboratories, Inc. v. Smithkline Beecham Corp. (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania 2011)
Entegris (Formerly Known as Mykrolis Corporation) v. Pall Corporation (Fed. Cir. 2007)
Cooke v. United States (United States Court of Federal Claims 2007)
Optivus Technology, Inc. v. Ion Beam Applications S.A. (Fed. Cir. 2006)
Kemin Foods, L.C. v. Pigmentos Vegetales Del Centro S.A. De C.V. (District Court, S.D. Iowa 2005)
Transwitch Corp. v. Galazar Networks, Inc. (District Court, D. Massachusetts 2005)
In re Relafen Antitrust Litigation (District Court, D. Massachusetts 2005)
In re Relafen Antitrust Litigation (District Court, D. Massachusetts 2004)
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. v. Pentech Pharmaceuticals (District Court, N.D. Illinois 2003)

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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