List of patent case law

This list contains an alphabetical listing of historically significant or leading case law in the area of patent law. For a list of patent law cases in just the United States, see United States patent law cases.

A

 * Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's Application (UK, 2006)
 * Anderson’s-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)
 * Atomic Energy Generation Device Case (JP, 1969) - relates to the concept of "incomplete invention"
 * Auction Method/Hitachi (EPO, 2004)

B

 * Bilski v. Kappos (US, )
 * Bowman v. Monsanto (US, 2012)
 * Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell (US, 1913)

C

 * 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)

D

 * Diamond v. Chakrabarty (US, 1980)
 * Diamond v. Diehr (US, 1981)

E

 * 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)

F

 * Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. (US, 2002)
 * Free World Trust v. Électro Santé Inc. (CA, 2000)

G

 * Gottschalk v. Benson (US, 1972)
 * Graham v. John Deere Co. (US, 1966)
 * Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. (US, 1950)

H

 * Harvard College v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents): patent of higher lifeforms (CA, 2002)
 * Honeywell v. Sperry Rand (US, 1973)
 * Hotchkiss v. Greenwood (US, 1850)
 * Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd v ZTE Corp. and ZTE Deutschland GmbH (European Court of Justice, C-170/13, 2015), judgement on standard-essential patents

I

 * 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)

K

 * Kirin-Amgen v Hoechst Marion Roussel (UK, 2004)
 * Kodak v. Apple (US, 2010, ongoing)
 * KSR v. Teleflex (US, 2007)

L

 * Lear, Inc. v. Adkins (US, 1969)

M

 * Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (US, 1996)
 * Mayo v. Prometheus (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)

N

 * Nokia v. Apple (US & international, 2009)

O

 * Orange-Book-Standard (DE, 2009), on the interaction between patent law and standards

P

 * Parker v. Flook (US, 1978)
 * Pension Benefit Systems Partnership (EPO, 2000)
 * Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc. (US, 1998)

Q

 * Quanta v. LG Electronics (US, 2008)

S

 * State Street Bank v. Signature Financial Group (US, 1998)

T

 * Typhoon Touch v. Dell (US, 2008)

U

 * United States v. Adams (US, 1966)

W

 * Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co. (US, 1997)