List of patent case law

This list contains an alphabetical listing of historically significant or leading case law in the area of patent law. Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's Application (UK, 2006) Andersons-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co. (US, 1969) Apple Inc. litigation (multiple, multinational cases) Apple v. HTC (US, 2010) Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (multiple, multinational cases, ongoing) Ariad v. Lilly (US, 2006) Arizona Cartridge Remanufacturers Association Inc. v. Lexmark International Inc. (US, 2005) Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics (US, 2013) Auction Method/Hitachi (EPO, 2004) Bowman v. Monsanto (US, 2012) Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell (US, 1913) Catnic Components Ltd. v. Hill & Smith Ltd. (UK, 1982) City of Elizabeth v. American Nicholson Pavement Co. (US, 1878) Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co. (US, 1908) Creative Technology v. Apple (US and international, 2006) Diamond v. Chakrabarty (US, 1980) Diamond v. Diehr (US, 1981) EBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C. (US, 2006) Egbert v. Lippmann (US, 1881) Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa (US, 2008) Ex Parte Bowman (US, 2001) Ex Parte Lundgren (US, 2004) Ex Parte Quayle (US, 1935) Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. (US, 2002) Free World Trust v. lectro Sant Inc. (CA, 2000) For "G" decisions of the European Patent Office, see List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office.

Gottschalk v. Benson (US, 1972) Graham v. John Deere Co. (US, 1966) Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. (US, 1950) Harvard College v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents) : patent of higher lifeforms (CA, 2002) Honeywell v. Sperry Rand (US, 1973) Hotchkiss v. Greenwood (US, 1850) Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. (US, 2006) Improver v Remington (UK, 1990) In re Bilski (US, 2008) In re Seagate Technology (US, 2007) Kirin-Amgen v Hoechst Marion Roussel (UK, 2004) Kodak v. Apple (US, 2010, ongoing) KSR v. Teleflex (US, 2007) Lear, Inc. v. Adkins (US, 1969) Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (US, 1996) Mayo v. Prometheus Laboratories (US, 2011) MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. (US, 2007) Menashe v. William Hill (UK, 2002) Merck v. Integra (US, 2005) Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser (CA, 2004) Motorola Mobility v. Apple Inc. (US, 2010) Nokia v. Apple (US & international, 2009) Orange-Book-Standard (DE, 2009), on the interaction between patent law and standards Parker v. Flook (US, 1978) Pension Benefit Systems Partnership (EPO, 2000) Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc. (US, 1998) Quanta v. LG Electronics (US, 2008) State Street Bank v. Signature Financial Group (US, 1998) Typhoon Touch v. Dell (US, 2008) United States v. Adams (US, 1966) Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co. (US, 1997)