Milwaukee Elec. Tool Corp. v. Snap-On Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “this 28 factor is limited to instances of overt misconduct, which may not exist in every case”
• noting that “Snap–On’s conduct could be justified by market pressures”
• “The fourth factor is used to ensure that any damages enhancement is not out of proportion with the defendant’s size and the scope of its infringing versus non-infringing sales.”
• “After reviewing the parties’ disagreements about each other’s litigation choices, the most it can say is that the case was hard-fought and involved no more than ordinary strategic decisions (and blunders) on both sides.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Finch v. Covil Corp.
  M.D. North Carolina· 2019-05-01· cited 20×
• Canon, Inc. v. Color Imaging, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2018-02-22· cited 5×

Cites

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

• Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-21· cited 3,371×
• MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al.
  Supreme Court· 1996-04-29· cited 3,226×
• Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2005-12-07· cited 2,624×
• Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership
  Supreme Court· 2011-06-09· cited 825×
• Stratoflex, Inc. v. Aeroquip Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1983-07-25· cited 538×
• General Motors Corp. v. Devex Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-24· cited 494×
• Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2016-06-13· cited 467×
• The Read Corporation and F.T. Read & Sons, Inc. v. Portec, Inc., D/B/A Portec/kolberg Division
  Federal Circuit· 1992-09-23· cited 453×
• I4i Ltd. Partnership v. Microsoft Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 2010-03-10· cited 374×
• Citizens First National Bank of Princeton v. Cincinnati Insurance Company, Cross-Appellee
  First Circuit· 1999-05-28· cited 353×
• Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2014-04-29· cited 293×
• Kimberly Passananti v. Cook County
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-07-20· cited 276×
• Gorenstein Enterprises, Inc., Sam Gorenstein, and David Gorenstein v. Quality Care-Usa, Inc. And David A. Scheinman
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-05-02· cited 258×
• Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 2011-01-04· cited 236×
• Laserdynamics, Inc. v. Quanta Computer, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2012-08-30· cited 231×
• In the Matter of Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz Off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-01-24· cited 217×
• Hicklin Engineering, L.C., Cross-Appellee v. R.J. Bartell and R.J. Bartell & Associates, L.L.C.
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-02-22· cited 203×
• Virnetx, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2014-09-16· cited 196×
• Soltys v. Costello
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-03-25· cited 190×
• Wbip, LLC v. Kohler Co.
  Federal Circuit· 2016-07-19· cited 184×