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

Litton Systems, Inc. v. Honeywell, Inc./cross-Appellant

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided July 3, 1996 · Newman, Rader, Bryson

87 F.3d 1559; 39 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1321; 96 Daily Journal DAR 9541; 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 15958 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

S. Leslie Misrock, Pennie & Edmonds, New York City, argued, for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Rory J. Radding, New York City, and Stanton T. Lawrence, III, Washington, D.C. Also on the brief was Frederick A. Lorig, Bright & Lo-rig, Los Angeles, California., Gregory A. Long, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, California, argued, for defendant/cross-appellant. With him on the brief was Kent R. Raygor. Also on the brief were Richard E. Carlton and Joseph E. Neuhaus, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, and Laurence H. Pretty, Pretty, Schroeder, Brueggemann & Clark, Los Angeles, California.

Cases that cite this one

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

Litton Systems, Inc. v. Honeywell Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2001)
Litton Systems, Inc. v. Honeywell, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 1998)
Steven E. Lipman v. Q. Todd Dickinson, Acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks (Fed. Cir. 1999)
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Corp. (District Court, D. New Jersey 1999)
CFMT, Inc. v. Steag Microtech Inc. (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 1999)
P.A.T., Co. v. Ultrak, Inc. (District Court, D. Kansas 1996)
Larson Manufacturing Co. of South Dakota, Inc. v. Aluminart Products Ltd. (Fed. Cir. 2009)
Prima Tek II, L.L.C. v. Polypap Sarl (District Court, S.D. Illinois 2004)
Hay & Forage Industries v. New Holland North America, Inc. (District Court, D. Kansas 1998)
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Corp. (District Court, D. New Jersey 1997)
Mas-Hamilton Group v. LaGard, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Kentucky 1997)
Loral Fairchild Corp. v. Victor Co. of Japan, Ltd. (District Court, E.D. New York 1996)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Torrent Pharma Inc. (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 2023)
California Costume Collections, Inc v. Pandaloon, LLC (United States District Court for the Central District of California 2022)
United States v. Clark (10th Cir. 2013)
ParkerVision, Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc. (United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2013)
Costar Realty Information, Inc. v. CIVIX-DDI, LLC (District Court, N.D. Illinois 2013)
Bayer AG v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd. (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 2007)
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. (United States District Court for the Northern District of California 2007)
Janssen Pharmaceutica N v. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals., Inc. (District Court, D. New Jersey 2006)
Honeywell International, Inc. v. Universal Avionics System Corp. (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 2003)
Old Town Canoe Co. v. GLENWA, INC. (District Court, D. Oregon 2002)
Ade Corp. v. KLA-Tencor Corp. (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 2002)
VLT CORP. v. Unitrode Corp. (District Court, D. Massachusetts 2001)
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Corp. (District Court, D. New Jersey 1998)

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

Concurring in Part

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