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.
Contents:
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)
- 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
For "G" decisions of the European Patent Office, see List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office.- 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
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K
- Kirin-Amgen v Hoechst Marion Roussel (UK, 2004)
- Kodak v. Apple (US, 2010, ongoing)
- 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
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S
T
- Typhoon Touch v. Dell (US, 2008)
U
- United States v. Adams (US, 1966)
V
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Y
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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