List of patent case law

This list contains an alphabetical listing of historically significant or leading case law in the area of patent law. For a list of patent law cases in just the United States, see United States patent law cases.

A

• Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's Application (UK, 2006)
• Anderson’s-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co. (US, 1969)
• Apple Inc. litigation (multiple, multinational cases)
• Apple v. HTC (US, 2010)
• Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (multiple, multinational cases, ongoing^{[citation needed]})
• Ariad v. Lilly (US, 2006)
• Arizona Cartridge Remanufacturers Association Inc. v. Lexmark International Inc. (US, 2005)
• Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics (US, 2013)
• Atomic Energy Generation Device Case (JP, 1969) - relates to the concept of "incomplete invention"
• Auction Method/Hitachi (EPO, 2004)

B

• Bilski v. Kappos (US, )
• Bowman v. Monsanto (US, 2012)
• Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell (US, 1913)

C

• Catnic Components Ltd. v. Hill & Smith Ltd. (UK, 1982)
• City of Elizabeth v. American Nicholson Pavement Co. (US, 1878)
• Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co. (US, 1908)
• Creative Technology v. Apple (US and international, 2006)

D

• Diamond v. Chakrabarty (US, 1980)
• Diamond v. Diehr (US, 1981)

E

• EBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C. (US, 2006)
• Egbert v. Lippmann (US, 1881)
• Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa (US, 2008)
• Ex Parte Bowman (US, 2001)
• Ex Parte Lundgren (US, 2004)
• Ex Parte Quayle (US, 1935)

F

• Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. (US, 2002)
• Free World Trust v. Électro Santé Inc. (CA, 2000)

G

• Gottschalk v. Benson (US, 1972)
• Graham v. John Deere Co. (US, 1966)
• Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. (US, 1950)

H

• Harvard College v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents): patent of higher lifeforms (CA, 2002)
• Honeywell v. Sperry Rand (US, 1973)
• Hotchkiss v. Greenwood (US, 1850)
• Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd v ZTE Corp. and ZTE Deutschland GmbH (European Court of Justice, C-170/13, 2015), judgement on standard-essential patents

I

• Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. (US, 2006)
• Improver v Remington (UK, 1990)
• In re Bilski (US, 2008)
• In re Seagate Technology (US, 2007)

J

K

• Kirin-Amgen v Hoechst Marion Roussel (UK, 2004)
• Kodak v. Apple (US, 2010, ongoing^{[citation needed]})
• KSR v. Teleflex (US, 2007)

L

• Lear, Inc. v. Adkins (US, 1969)

M

• Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (US, 1996)
• Mayo v. Prometheus (US, 2011)
• MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. (US, 2007)
• Menashe v. William Hill (UK, 2002)
• Merck v. Integra (US, 2005)
• Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser (CA, 2004)
• Motorola Mobility v. Apple Inc. (US, 2010)

N

• Nokia v. Apple (US & international, 2009)

O

• Orange-Book-Standard (DE, 2009), on the interaction between patent law and standards

P

• Parker v. Flook (US, 1978)
• Pension Benefit Systems Partnership (EPO, 2000)
• Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc. (US, 1998)

Q

• Quanta v. LG Electronics (US, 2008)

R

S

• State Street Bank v. Signature Financial Group (US, 1998)

T

• Typhoon Touch v. Dell (US, 2008)

U

• United States v. Adams (US, 1966)

V

W

• Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co. (US, 1997)

X

Y

Z

See also

• List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office
• List of decisions of the EPO Boards of Appeal relating to Article 52(2) and (3) EPC
• List of UK judgments relating to excluded subject matter
• List of United States patent law cases
• List of trademark case law
• List of copyright case law

External links

• "Internet Sources for Intellectual Property Case Law" on the WIPO web site
• IP Precedents Database at the Research Center for the Legal System of Intellectual Property, Waseda University

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