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· 6/3/1999

Rodime Plc v. Seagate Technology, Inc., Defendant-Cross

Citations

  • 174 F.3d 1294
  • 1999 WL 216236

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that meetings at which defendant persuaded potential licensees to end license negotiations with the plaintiff \had nothing to do with petitioning the government.\
  • holding that state-law claims of unfair competition are not preempted
  • holding “positioning means” was not subject to § 112, ¶ 6 where the claim recited a detailed list of structural elements
  • explaining that a party’s concession “does not relieve this court of its responsibility to interpret the claims as a matter of law”
  • drawing a distinction between a hard disk and a hard disk drive
  • allegation that defendant’s website states: “[w]e don’t allow replicas, counterfeit items, or unauthorized copies to be listed”

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Judges: Lourie, Friedman, Rader

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