tangential-relation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-1058 Hospira, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Company Federal Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Amici (1) claim-drafting claim-narrowing doctrine-of-equivalents literal-infringement patent-claim-interpretation patent-claims patent-prosecution-estoppel patent-prosecution-history-estoppel patent-scope prior-art-rejection tangential-relation tangential-relation-exception Whether a patentee may recapture subject matter via the doctrine of equivalents under the 'tangential relation' exception
19-1062 CJ CheilJedang Corp., et al. v. International Trade Commission, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Amici (1) claim-amendment doctrine-of-equivalents festo-corp-v-shoketsu innovation patent-infringement patent-law prosecution-history-estoppel public-notice public-notice-function tangential-relation Whether, to avoid prosecution history estoppel under Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 'the rationale underlying the amendment' mus…