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MercExchange, L.L.C. v. eBay, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

401 F.3d 1323 · 2005

Citation profile

58
cited by 58 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
September 2017
most recently cited

11 federal appellate · 15 district ·

Appellate journey

Relationships

Relies on Read Corporation Ft v. Portec Inc · Rite-Hite Corporation Hmh Hoj Rb We v. Kelley Company Inc · Manville Sales Corporation v. Paramount Systems Inc S J · Connell v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · Hewlett-Packard Company v. Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “the required intent ... to induce the specific acts of [infringement] or additionally to cause an infringement.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. 483 F. Supp. 2d 570 - Ocean Innovations, Inc. v. Archer · MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. v. Mitsubishi Materials Silicon Corp.
  2. “courts will issue permanent injunctions against patent infringement absent exceptional circumstances[,]”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Cbs Broadcasting Incorporated Fbc Abc Nbc Cbs Abc v. Echostar Communications Corporation Dish · Monsanto Company v. Scruggs & Llc Hes Mes Mhs
  3. “A district court's Markman order is an explanation to the parties of the reasoning behind its claim construction[,]”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Chapco, Inc. v. Woodway USA, Inc.

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.