Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Symantec Corp. v. Hilgraeve Corp

Symantec Corp. v. Hilgraeve Corp, 535 U.S. 906 (2002)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
2002-03-04
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that “[t]he plain meaning rule is applicable when the statutory language is clear, unambiguous, and not controlled by other parts of the act or other acts on the same subject.”
  • “an accused device may be found to infringe if it is reasonably capable of satisfying the claim limitations, even though it may also be capable of non-infringing modes of operation”

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Cited by
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535 U.S. 906

SYMANTEC CORP.
v.
HILGRAEVE CORP.

No. 01-1140.

Supreme Court of the United States.

March 4, 2002.

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C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 265 F. 3d 1336.