U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1999

Transmatic, Inc. v. Gulton Industries, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided April 29, 1999 · Michel, Lourie, Gajarsa

180 F.3d 1343; 50 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1591; 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 8108; 1999 WL 247764 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

Richard W. Hoffmann, Reising, Ething-ton, Learman & McCulloch, PLLC, of Troy, Michigan, argued for plaintiff-appel-lee. With him on the brief were Andrew M. Grove and Jeanne-Marie Marshall., Ira Jay Levy, Darby & Darby, P.C., of New York, New York, argued for defendant-appellant.

Cases that cite this one

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

Engineered Products Co. v. Donaldson Co., Inc. (District Court, N.D. Iowa 2004)
Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2025)
TQ Delta, LLC v. CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Texas 2024)
Ollnova Technologies Limited v. Ecobee Technologies, ULC d/b/a/ Ecobee (District Court, E.D. Texas 2024)
Epic Systems Corporation v. Tata Consultancy Services Limited (District Court, W.D. Wisconsin 2024)
EAGLE VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. XACTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC. (District Court, D. New Jersey 2021)
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation v. Ingram Barge Company (District Court, N.D. Iowa 2020)
ABS Global, Inc. v. Inguran, LLC (District Court, W.D. Wisconsin 2020)
Perry v. Isle of Wight Cnty. (District Court, E.D. Virginia 2018)
Ecoservices, LLC v. Certified Aviation Servs., LLC (United States District Court for the Central District of California 2018)
Sprint Communications Co. L.P. v. Time Warner Cable, Inc. (District Court, D. Kansas 2017)
Milwaukee Elec. Tool Corp. v. Snap-On Inc. (District Court, E.D. Wisconsin 2017)
Trustees of Boston University v. Everlight Electronics Co. (District Court, D. Massachusetts 2016)
Kaneka Corp. v. SKC Kolon PI, Inc. (United States District Court for the Central District of California 2016)
Sociedad Espanola de Electromedicina y Calidad, S.A. v. Blue Ridge X-Ray Co. (District Court, W.D. North Carolina 2016)
Mohammed v. Central Driving Mini Storage, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Virginia 2015)
Whitesell Corp. v. Whirlpool Corp. (6th Cir. 2012)
Metso Minerals, Inc. v. Powerscreen International Distribution Ltd. (District Court, E.D. New York 2011)
Accentra Inc. v. Staples, Inc. (United States District Court for the Central District of California 2011)
Muniauction, Inc. v. Thomson Corp. (District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania 2007)
Rentrop v. Spectranetics Corp. (District Court, S.D. New York 2007)
Local Oklahoma Bank, N.A. v. United States (Fed. Cir. 2006)
Ericsson, Inc. v. Harris Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2005)
Dr. Raymond G. Tronzo v. Biomet, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2003)
Charles Machine Works, Inc. v. Digital Control Inc. (United States District Court, Oklahoma Western 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.

Opinion of the Court

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