Media Technologies Licensing, LLC v. Upper Deck Co.’s Empirical Analysis
596 F.3d 1334 · 2010
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 103
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. · Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. United States Surgical Corp. · Ormco Corporation v. Align Technology Inc
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether an invention would have been obvious at the time it was made is a question of law, which we review de novo, based on underlying facts, which we review for clear error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even if Media Tech could establish the required nexus, a highly successful product alone would not overcome the strong showing of obviousness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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