Centricut, Llc v. The Esab Group, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a patentee could not withstand summary judgment on the issue of literal infringement in a case involving complex technology in the absence of expert testimony
• recognizing that “relevant expert testimony regarding matters beyond the comprehension of laypersons is sometimes essential” and that “‘typically’ expert testimony will be necessary in cases involving complex technology”
• declining to impose a per se rule that expert testimony is required even in cases of complex technology
• finding expert element-by-element analysis necessary to establish infringement where the patents concerned electrodes for plasma arc torches
• “In many patent cases expert testimony will not be necessary because the technology will be ‘easily understandable without the need for expert explanatory testimony.’” (citation omitted)
• expert testimony is “typically” needed in patent infringement case “[w]here the field or art is complex”: patentee fails to meet its burden of proof without expert testimony

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

50 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 2011-01-04· cited 236×
• Wyers v. Master Lock Co.
  Federal Circuit· 2010-07-22· cited 165×
• Pharmasterm Therapeutics, Inc. v. Viacell, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2007-07-09· cited 163×
• Iron Grip Barbell Company, Inc., and York Barbell Company, Inc. v. USA Sports, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2005-02-10· cited 113×
• Aquatex Industries v. Techniche Solutions [Reposted With Cover Sheet]
  Federal Circuit· 2007-02-27· cited 101×
• Perfect Web Technologies, Inc. v. InfoUSA, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2009-12-02· cited 100×
• Meyer Intellectual Properties Ltd. v. Bodum, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2012-08-15· cited 68×
• Sundance, Inc. v. DeMonte Fabricating Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 2008-12-24· cited 60×
• Atofina v. Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 2006-03-23· cited 56×
• Synopsys, Inc. v. Mentor Graphics Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 2016-02-10· cited 52×
• Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. v. Mayne Pharma (USA) Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2006-11-15· cited 44×
• Spansion, Inc. v. International Trade Commission
  Federal Circuit· 2010-12-21· cited 35×
• K-Tec, Inc. v. Vita-Mix Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 2012-09-06· cited 33×
• Sprint Communications Company L.P., v. Vonage Holdings Corp.
  D. Kansas· 2007-08-07· cited 28×
• Alexsam, Inc. v. Idt Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 2013-05-20· cited 21×
• CIVIX-DDI, LLC v. Cellco Partnership
  N.D. Illinois· 2005-09-14· cited 17×
• Prima TEK II, L.L.C. v. Polypap, S.A.R.L.
  Federal Circuit· 2005-06-22· cited 17×
• Honeywell International, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2006-04-28· cited 12×
• Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 2018-06-28· cited 12×
• Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. v. Asetek Danmark A/S
  N.D. California· 2019-03-15· cited 12×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
  Supreme Court· 1948-03-08· cited 9,383×
• Union Carbide Corporation v. American Can Company
  Federal Circuit· 1984-01-04· cited 175×
• Mitchell v. United States
  First Circuit· 1998-03-26· cited 152×
• Wills v. Amerada Hess Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2004-08-11· cited 149×
• Apex Inc. v. Raritan Computer, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2003-05-29· cited 121×
• Seal-Flex, Inc. v. Athletic Track and Court Construction, and Owen E. Perry, Sanctioned Party-Appellant
  Federal Circuit· 1999-04-01· cited 62×
• Bernhardt, L.L.C. v. Collezione Europa Usa, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2004-12-06· cited 41×
• Burlee Carroll v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1970-01-27· cited 37×
• Ultradent Products, Inc. v. Life-Like Cosmetics, Inc. D/B/A Life-Like Dental Products and Rodney F. Ogrin
  Federal Circuit· 1997-10-10· cited 27×