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

Steven G. Lough v. Brunswick Corporation, D/B/A Mercury Marine

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided June 12, 1996 · Plager, Lourie, Clevenger

86 F.3d 1113; 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1100; 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 14186 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

George H. Solveson, Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, argued, for defendant-appellant. With him on the brief, was Edward R. Williams, Jr., Richard R. Garland, Dickinson & Gibbons, P.A., Sarasota, Florida, argued, for plaintiff-appellee. With him on the brief, were Arnold B. Silverman, and Kirk D. Houser, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Aso on the brief, was Ward E. Dahlgren, Dickinson & Gibbons, P.A. Of counsel, was George K. Stacey, Eckert Sea-mans Cherin & Mellott.

Cases that cite this one

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

Steven G. Lough v. Brunswick Corporation, D/B/A Mercury Marine (Fed. Cir. 1997)
Electromotive Division of General Motors Corp. v. Transportation Systems Division of General Electric Co. (Fed. Cir. 2005)
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Appleton Papers Inc. (D. Minn. 1999)
Welsh v. Rockmaster Equipment Manufacturing Inc. (District Court, E.D. Texas 1998)
Welsh v. Rockmaster Equipment Manufacturing, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Texas 1999)
Pronova Biopharma Norge AS v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013)
Barry v. Medtronic, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2019)
Zacharin v. United States (United States Court of Federal Claims 1999)
Scaltech Inc. v. Retec/tetra, L.L.C. (Fed. Cir. 1998)
Minton v. Gunn (Tex. App. 2010)
PrintGuard, Inc. v. Anti-Marking Systems, Inc. (District Court, D. Massachusetts 2008)
Ez Dock, Inc. v. Schafer Systems, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2002)
New Railhead Manufacturing, L.L.C. v. Vermeer Manufacturing Company, and Earth Tool Company, L.L.C. (Fed. Cir. 2002)
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM, CORP. v. Apotex Corp. (District Court, N.D. Illinois 2001)
Articulate Systems, Inc. v. Apple Computer, Inc. (District Court, D. Massachusetts 1999)
C.R. Bard, Inc. v. M3 Systems, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 1998)
Weatherchem Corporation v. J.L. Clark, Inc., Defendant/cross-Appellant (Fed. Cir. 1998)
Mas-Hamilton Group v. LaGard, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Kentucky 1997)
Mondis Technology Ltd. v. Lg Electronics Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2025)
MONDIS TECHNOLOGY LTD v. LG ELECTRONICS INC (District Court, D. New Jersey 2025)
Jetaire Aerospace, LLC v. AerSale Inc. (United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 2024)
Cap Export, LLC v. Zinus, Inc. (United States District Court for the Central District of California 2021)
Kranos IP Corporation v. Riddell, Inc. (District Court, N.D. Illinois 2019)
Nartron Corp. v. Borg Indak, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Michigan 2012)
Fox Group, Inc. v. Cree, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Virginia 2011)

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.

Opinion of the Court

Dissenting Opinion

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