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• Festo: The Beginning Of The End For Doctrine Of Equivalents

In Festo, (Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 234 F.3d 558 (Fed. Cir. 2000)), the Federal Circuit essentially eliminated application...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• New Festo Decision Applied to Preclude Doctrine of Equivalents

In a post-Festo decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court decision and held a plaintiff patentee was precl...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• New Festo Decision Applied to Preclude Doctrine of Equivalents.

In a post-Festo decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court decision and held a plaintiff patentee was precl...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2003, May 2003

• Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 535 U.S. 722 (2002)

... it infringes Festo's patents under the doctrine of equivalents. The District Court ruled for Festo...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Ambivalence in Equivalents: Problems and Solutions for Patent Law s Doctrine of Equivalents

Introduction I. Patent Law-;An Overview A. The Patent Process B. Patent Rights as Property Rights C. The Doctrine of Equivalents D. Prosecution History Estoppel-;Protection Versus Notice II. Festo Illustrates The Problem A. Facts of Festo B. Prosecution History of Festo's Patents C. Procedural History 1. Lower Court Decisions-;Festo Wins the First Three Rounds 2. The En Banc Decision-;Festo Loses Round Four D. The Supreme Court Steps In E. Back to the CAFC III. Solution-;It's Time For Congress To Step In A. Rationale for This Legislation B. Alternative to the Doctrine of Equivalents C.Festo and Warner-Jenkinson Could Have Had Better Results Without a Doctrine of Equivalents. Conclusion

• Louisiana Law Review
• Nbr. 64-1, October 2003

• Festo Decision Creates Huge Impact on ITOO Patent Utilizing Doctrine of Equivalents; United States Supreme Court Decision Handed Down May 28, 2002.

Business Editors LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2002 In a victory for patent holders across the United States, the United States Supreme Cou...

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• June 11, 2002

• Biagro Western Sales, Inc. and the Regents of the University of California, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Grow More, Inc., Defendant-Appellee., 423 F.3d 1296 (Fed. Cir. 2005)

... that there was no infringement under the doctrine of equivalents. Judgment was awarded to Grow More.... to this court's en banc decision in Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 234...

• Federal Circuits

• Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., LTD, (also known as SMC Corporation), et al., (Fed. Cir. 2007)

..."), and subject to surrender under the doctrine of prosecution history estoppel. We conclude that ... estoppel under the doctrine of equivalents. The case has been pending for almost twenty years...

• Federal Circuits

• SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. V. SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC. [ORDER], (2011)

...'s claim scope can encompass under the doctrine of equivalents a new and separately patented inven... This court examined those principles in Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd...

• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

• Festo Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., A/K/a Smc Corporation, and Smc Pneumatics, Inc., Defendants-Appellants., 344 F.3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2003)

... estoppel bars Festo from relying on the doctrine of equivalents in this patent infringement suit. F...

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