Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 7 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedMetabolite Laboratories, Inc. v. Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (from Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 271 · 35 U.S.C. § 287
Relies on eBay Inc. v. MERCEXCHANGE, LL · United States v. Bestfoods · United States v. Williams · Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc. · Diamond v. Diehr
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 223 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“4.02 [LabCorp] shall have the right ... to terminate this Agreement with respect to a particular Licensed Assay if (i) in the case of Licensed Assays of homocysteine, a more cost effective commercial alternative is available that does not infringe a valid and enforceable claim of the Licensed Patents;.... 2”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.