Fromson v. Western Litho Plate & Supply Co.’s Empirical Analysis
853 F.2d 1568 · 1988
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 15 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 153 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably Henke v. United States (1995), Ac Aukerman Company v. Rl Chaides Construction Co (1992)
23 federal appellate · 15 district · 2 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
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 102 · 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 282 · 35 U.S.C. § 284 · 35 U.S.C. § 285 · 35 U.S.C. § 286
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · Bibby v. United States · Mullins Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · Texas State Commission for the Blind v. United States
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 153 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“speaks of negotiations as of the time infringement began”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] different situation is presented if years have gone by before the evidence is offered. Experience is then available to correct uncertain prophecy. Here is a book of wisdom that courts may not neglect.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a court must be free to infer that either no opinion was obtained or, if an opinion were obtained, it was contrary to the infringer's desire to initiate or continue its use of the patentee's invention.”
2 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.