Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing and adopting the majority rule that a partial motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b
• involving a situation where a distributor in the forum was selling the accused product
• discussing suspension of deadlines to answer, not tolling of statutes of limitations
• also providing factual background to the present dispute and identifying in more detail the claims asserted
• discussing Mars and finding it to be controlling
• discussing Mars and finding it to be controlling

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Highway Equipment Company, Inc., Plaintiff-Cross v. Feco, Ltd. And Stan Duncalf
  Federal Circuit· 2006-11-21· cited 106×
• QR Spex, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 2007-06-18· cited 44×
• Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. v. Third Dimension (3D) Semiconductor, Inc.
  D. Maine· 2008-12-10· cited 10×
• Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2006-06-21· cited 10×
• Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2007-08-10· cited 7×
• Federal Contracting, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2016-09-28· cited 7×
• Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2007-07-03· cited 7×
• Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2007-03-28· cited 6×
• Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2007-09-19· cited 4×
• Peekskill City School District v. Colonial Surety Co.
  S.D. New York· 2014-03-18· cited 2×
• Highway Equipment Company, Inc. v. Feco, Ltd
  Federal Circuit· 2006-11-21
• Unbound Partners Limited Partnership v. Invoy Holdings Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-03-17
• Unbound Partners Limited Partnership v. Invoy Holdings Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-03-29

Cites

95 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Neitzke v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-01· cited 22,300×
• International Shoe Co. v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1945-12-03· cited 18,588×
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• Scheuer v. Rhodes
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-17· cited 13,385×
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-20· cited 12,253×
• Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-24· cited 6,200×
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-10· cited 5,292×
• Hishon v. King & Spalding
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-22· cited 5,292×
• Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-25· cited 4,581×
• Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Solano Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 3,642×
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,770×
• Dino Cinel v. Harry F. Connick, Individually and as District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-03-11· cited 1,049×
• Carolyn Morgan v. Church's Fried Chicken
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-09-22· cited 960×
• Bryant v. Avado Brands, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-09-03· cited 689×
• Vicki Westcott, Administratrix of the Estate of Arden Westcott, Deceased v. City of Omaha, a Municipal Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-05-08· cited 535×
• Manville Sales Corporation, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Paramount Systems, Inc., Robert S. Butterworth and Anthony J. Disimone
  Federal Circuit· 1990-10-23· cited 364×
• Beverly Hills Fan Company v. Royal Sovereign Corp. And Ultec Enterprises Co., Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 1994-03-08· cited 346×
• Lrl Properties v. Portage Metro Housing Authority
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-07-06· cited 329×
• Gershwin Publishing Corporation v. Columbia Artists Management, Inc., and Community Concerts, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1971-05-24· cited 305×

Other cases named Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.

5 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2006-06-21· cited 10×
• Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2007-08-10· cited 7×
• Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2007-07-03· cited 7×
• Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2007-03-28· cited 6×
• Ideal Instruments, Inc. v. Rivard Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2007-09-19· cited 4×