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· 7/16/2001

Tegal Corporation v. Tokyo Electron America, Inc. Tegal Corporation v. Tokyo Electron America, Inc. Tegal Corporation v. Tokyo Electron America, Inc.

Citations

  • 257 F.3d 1331
  • 59 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1385
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 15806

How courts have described this case

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

  • acknowledging that the claimed invention could be obvious even if prior art did not teach one of its elements
  • explaining that the second prong of the test is more important
  • where accused infringer failed to meets its burden on materiality because “it failed to overcome the evidence that the [allegedly undisclosed reference was] cumulative art”
  • “Tegal’s understanding was that by withdrawing its damages claim, it would lose its right to a trial by jury.”
  • “given Tegal’s interest only in an injunction, it is clear that Tegal would have needed, in eighteenth century England, to bring its case in a court of equity.”
  • “[Ijittle analysis is required” on the second prong

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Judges: Lourie, Bryson, Linn

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