Roper Corporation v. Litton Systems, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• affirming denial of preliminary injunction without addressing likeli- hood of success with respect to infringement because mo- vant “clearly failed to meet the criterion of showing irreparable injury”
• affirming denial of preliminary injunction without addressing likeli- hood of success with respect to infringement because mo- vant “clearly failed to meet the criterion of showing irreparable injury”
• in a preliminary injunction case the burden of establishing invalidity remains on the challenger
• “A patent is born valid. It remains valid until a challenger proves that it was stillborn or had birth defects, or it no longer viable as an enforceable right.”
• “A patent is born valid. It re- mains valid until a challenger proves [its invalidity].”
• where the patentee has shown no more than an “apprehension of potential future infringement ... such fears cannot justify the issuance of preliminary equitable relief”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).