Legal Opinion

Ritz Camera & Image, LLC v. Sandisk Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided November 20, 2012No. 2012-1183PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

This case comes to us on an interlocutory appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The certified question concerns the limits on standing to bring so- called Walker Process antitrust claims. The Supreme Court in Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp., 382 U.S. 172, 86 S.Ct. 347, 15 L.Ed.2d 247 (1965), held that antitrust liability may attach when a party uses a patent to obtain or preserve a monopoly if the patent was procured through intentional fraud on the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”). The…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of CarpentersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2007
  5. In Re DDAVP Direct Purchaser Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. TransWeb, LLC v. 3M Innovative Properties Co.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2016
  2. Xitronix Corporation v. KLA-Tencor CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
  3. Radiancy, Inc. v. Viatek Consumer Products Group, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2014
  4. Sciortino v. Pepsico, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 2015
  5. Inline Packaging, LLC v. Graphic Packaging, Int'lCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2020

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