Sfa Systems, LLC v. Newegg Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• clarifying that what matters is the substantive strength of a party’s litigating position rather than the eventual success of that position
• finding no abuse of discretion where “[appellant] failed to proffer sufficient evidence of a pat- tern of litigation misconduct by [appellee]”
• distinguishing Octane’s “substantive strength of the party’s litigation position” standard from “the correct- ness or eventual success of that position” (internal quota- tion marks and citation omitted)
• discussing decisions awarding fees under the Patent Act for litigation misconduct
• \The mere existence of these other suits does not mandate negative inferences about the merits or purpose of this suit.\
• “[A] district court should consider a [party’s] pattern of litigation where adequate evidence of an abusive pattern is presented.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Raniere v. Microsoft Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 2018-04-18· cited 65×
• Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. All-Tag Security S.A.
  Federal Circuit· 2017-06-05· cited 60×
• Stone Basket Innovations, LLC v. Cook Medical LLC
  Federal Circuit· 2018-06-11· cited 42×
• Thermolife International LLC v. Gnc Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 2019-05-01· cited 37×
• Munchkin, Inc. v. Luv N' Care, Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 2020-06-08· cited 31×
• Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, LLC v. Guardian Protection Services, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2017-06-05· cited 28×
• Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2017-08-09· cited 26×
• University of Utah v. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Wissenschaften E.V.
  Federal Circuit· 2017-03-23· cited 23×
• Spineology, Inc. v. Wright Medical Technology Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2018-12-14· cited 14×
• Iris Connex, LLC v. Dell, Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 2017-01-25· cited 14×
• Electronic Communication v. shopperschoice.com, LLC
  Federal Circuit· 2020-07-01· cited 11×
• Barry v. Medtronic, Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 2017-04-20· cited 11×
• Nova Chemicals Corporation v. Dow Chemical Company
  Federal Circuit· 2017-05-11· cited 10×
• Veracode, Inc. v. Appthority, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2015-09-30· cited 8×
• Polara Engineering, Inc. v. Campbell Co.
  S.D. California· 2017-02-27· cited 8×
• Shipping & Transit, LLC v. 1A Auto, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2017-10-20· cited 8×
• Aten International Co., Ltd. v. Uniclass Technology Co., Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 2019-08-06· cited 7×
• Gust, Inc. v. AlphaCap Ventures, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2016-12-08· cited 7×
• Trs. of Bos. Univ. v. Everlight Elecs. Co.
  District of Columbia· 2019-07-18· cited 7×
• Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria v. Ceiba Legal, LLP
  N.D. California· 2017-02-02· cited 5×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 4,510×
• Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2014-04-29· cited 293×
• Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management System, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2014-04-29· cited 293×
• Brooks Furniture Manufacturing, Inc. v. Dutailier International, Inc. And Dutailier, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2005-01-04· cited 140×
• Ipxl Holdings, L.L.C. v. Amazon.com, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2005-11-21· cited 132×
• Eon-Net LP v. Flagstar Bancorp
  Federal Circuit· 2011-07-29· cited 83×
• Marctec, LLC v. Johnson & Johnson
  Federal Circuit· 2012-01-03· cited 64×
• Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. v. 02 Micro International Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 2013-08-13· cited 45×
• Kilopass Technology, Inc. v. Sidense Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 2013-12-26· cited 32×
• Raylon, LLC v. Complus Data Innovations, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2012-12-07· cited 24×
• SFA Systems, LLC v. 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 2013-04-11· cited 3×