Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. All-Tag Security s.a.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the original PTO declarations create a genuine issue of material fact
• rejecting argument that non-party assignor should be barred from submitting testimony regarding failure to name inventors under doctrine of assignor estoppel
• “The law has long looked with disfavor upon invalidating patents on the basis of mere testimonial evidence absent other evidence that corroborates that testimony.”
• “The doctrine of assignor estoppel prevents a party that assigns a patent to another from later challenging the validity of the assigned patent.”
• “If nonjoinder of an actual inventor is proved by clear and convincing evidence, a patent is rendered invalid.”
• nonjoinder of inventor must be “ ‘proved by clear and convincing evidence’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Carroll Touch, Inc. v. Electro Mechanical Systems, Inc., Defendant/cross-Appellant
  Federal Circuit· 1993-08-24· cited 304×
• Ethicon, Inc. And Inbae Yoon, M.D. v. United States Surgical Corporation and Young Jae Choi
  Federal Circuit· 1998-04-01· cited 277×
• Pannu v. Iolab Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 1998-08-06· cited 245×
• Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. Formica Insulation Co.
  Supreme Court· 1924-12-08· cited 162×
• Sandt Technology, Ltd. v. Resco Metal and Plastics Corporation (Also Known as Resco Metal Products Corp.) and Seven Ocean Enterprises, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2001-10-15· cited 129×
• Mentor Graphics Corporation and Meta Systems, Inc. v. Quickturn Design Systems, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1998-09-28· cited 53×
• Caterpillar Inc., Plaintiff-Cross v. Sturman Industries, Inc., Oded E. Sturman, and Carol K. Sturman
  Federal Circuit· 2004-10-28· cited 49×
• Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. All-Tag Security S.A.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2004-04-22· cited 2×