Legal Opinion
Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 5, 2007No. 2005-1492PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge DYK. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
DYK, Circuit Judge.
This case raises the question of whether an equivalent is foreseeable within the meaning of Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 535 U.S. 722, 740, 122 S.Ct. 1831, 152 L.Ed.2d 944 (2002) (“Festo VIII”), and subject to surrender under the doctrine of prosecution history estoppel. We conclude that foreseeability does not require the applicant to be aware that a particular equivalent would satisfy the insubstantial differences test or the function/way/result test…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Southwall Technologies, Inc. v. Cardinal Ig CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1995
- Sanitary Refrigerator Co. v. WintersSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
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