The Troxel Manufacturing Company, & Cross-Appellant v. Schwinn Bicycle Company, & Cross-Appellee’s Empirical Analysis
465 F.2d 1253 · 1972
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently January 2013 · most notably Novametrix Medical Systems, Inc. v. BOC Group, Inc. (1992), Panduit Corp. v. Stahlin Bros. Fibre Works (1978)
41 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co. · Cohens v. Virginia · Lear, Inc. v. Adkins
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[S]uch an interpretation of Lear would make it advantageous for a licensee to postpone litigation, enjoy the fruits of his licensing agreement, and sue for repayment of royalties near the end of the term of the patent.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““A licensee may at any time cease royalty payments, secure in the knowledge that the invalidity of the patent may he urged when the licensor sues for unpaid royalties.” 465 F.2d at 1260 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Absent fraud or misconduct, a patentee should not be held responsible for the issuance of an invalid patent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.