Hybritech Incorporated v. Abbott Laboratories’s Empirical Analysis
849 F.2d 1446 · 1988
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 77 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 290 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Rite-Hite Corporation Hmh Hoj Rb We v. Kelley Company Inc (1995), Midwest Industries, Inc. v. Karavan Trailers, Inc. (1999)
40 federal appellate · 77 district ·
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
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 104 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 283
Relies on Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · Holmes v. United States · Herrmann v. United States · Texas State Commission for the Blind v. United States · Association of National Advertisers, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
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 290 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]o obtain a preliminary injunction, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 283 , a party must establish a right thereto in light of four factors: (1) reasonable likelihood of success on the merits; (2) irreparable harm; (3) the balance of hardships tipping in its favor; and (4) the impact of the injunction on the public interest.”
21 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“because the principal value of a patent is its statutory right to exclude, the nature of the patent grant weighs against holding that monetary damages will always suffice to make the patentee whole.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The several courts having jurisdiction of cases under this title may grant injunctions in accordance with the principles of equity to prevent the violation of any right secured by patent, on such terms as the court deems reasonable.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.