WOOLRIDGE

v.

REVELL

Citator

Cited By

• Loctite Corp. v. Ultraseal Ltd., 781 F.2d 861 (Fed. Cir. 1985)
  …r pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made. . "[N]ot every patent confers market power.” USM Corp. v. SPS Technologies, Inc., 694 F. 2d 505, 511 216 U.S.P.Q. 959, 964 (7th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1107, 103 S.Ct. 2455, 77 [*876] L.Ed.2d 1334 (1983). Accord, American Hoist & Derrick Co. v. Sowa & Sons, Inc., 725 F. 2d 1350 at 1367, 220 U.S.P.Q. 763 at 776 (Fed.Cir.1984) ("patent rights are not legal monopolies in the antitrust sense of the word”);…
• Best Brands Bev., Inc. v. Falstaff Brewing Corp. & Pearl Brewing Co., 842 F.2d 578 (2d Cir. 1987)
  …ive the benefit of higher or lower prices. Id. at 1025. Nevertheless, price discrimination (or pricing on a non-equal basis) standing alone is not illegal per se. USM Corp. v. SPS Technologies, Inc., 694 F. 2d 505, 512 (7th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1107, 103 S.Ct. 2455, 77 L.Ed.2d 1334 (1983); O. Hommel Co. v. Ferro Corp., 659 F. 2d 340, 346 (3d Cir.1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 1017, 102 S.Ct. 1711, 72 L.Ed.2d 134 (1982). Plaintiff also must prove the likelihood of competitive injury resulting fro…
• Consol. GAS Co. OF Fla., Inc. v. City GAS Co. OF Fla., 912 F.2d 1262 (11th Cir. 1990)
  …atter.” ... A monopolist has no duty to reduce its prices in order to help consumers, ... and no duty to extend a helping hand to new entrants.... Id. (quoting USM Corp. v. SPS Technologies, Inc., 694 F. 2d 505, 512-13 (7th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1107, 103 S.Ct. 2455, 77 L.Ed.2d 1334 (1983)) (citations omitted). It is not surprising, therefore, that in every essential facilities case disclosed by my research in which a court imposed a duty to deal, the defendant was already engaged in the course…