Cooper Technologies Co. v. Dudas, No. 2008-1130.

CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Writing for the CourtLinn
Citation536 F.3d 1330
PartiesCOOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jon W. DUDAS, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Defendant-Appellee, and Thomas & Betts Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
Docket NumberNo. 2008-1130.
Decision Date19 August 2008
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48 practice notes
  • Mohsenzadeh v. Lee, Case No. 1:13–cv–00824–GBL–TCB.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. United States District Court (Eastern District of Virginia)
    • March 19, 2014
    ...machinery in motion, of making the parts work efficiently and smoothly while they are yet untried and new.” Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas, 536 F.3d 1330, 1341 (Fed.Cir.2008) (citations omitted) (finding that an agency ruling “which was consistently applied for almost ten years and was neither ......
  • Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. Covidien LP, No. 2014–1771.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • January 13, 2016
    ...interpretation of the statute. See Chevron, 467 U.S. at 842–43, 104 S.Ct. 2778 ; Cuozzo, 793 F.3d at 1279 ; Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas, 536 F.3d 1330, 1335 (Fed.Cir.2008).In short, both as a matter of inherent authority and general rulemaking authority, the Director had authority to delegat......
  • Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, 2018-1400
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • March 18, 2020
    ...the Director has no substantive rule making authority with respect to interpretations of the Patent Act. Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas , 536 F.3d 1330, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2008). The Board, similarly, historically has been given adjudicatory authority—similar to that given to courts—to decide the ......
  • Pfizer Inc. v. Apotex Inc., Case Nos. 08-cv-7231
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 7th Circuit. United States District Court (Northern District of Illinois)
    • June 30, 2010
    ...of proceedings in the [PTO]'; it does NOT grant the Commissioner the authority to issue substantive rules"); Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas, 536 F.3d 1330, 1335-36 (Fed.Cir.2008) (PTO has authority to issue procedural rules, but not substantive ones). Therefore, PTO regulations are entitled to ......
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37 cases
  • Mohsenzadeh v. Lee, Case No. 1:13–cv–00824–GBL–TCB.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. United States District Court (Eastern District of Virginia)
    • March 19, 2014
    ...machinery in motion, of making the parts work efficiently and smoothly while they are yet untried and new.” Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas, 536 F.3d 1330, 1341 (Fed.Cir.2008) (citations omitted) (finding that an agency ruling “which was consistently applied for almost ten years and was neither ......
  • Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. Covidien LP, No. 2014–1771.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • January 13, 2016
    ...interpretation of the statute. See Chevron, 467 U.S. at 842–43, 104 S.Ct. 2778 ; Cuozzo, 793 F.3d at 1279 ; Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas, 536 F.3d 1330, 1335 (Fed.Cir.2008).In short, both as a matter of inherent authority and general rulemaking authority, the Director had authority to delegat......
  • Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, 2018-1400
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • March 18, 2020
    ...the Director has no substantive rule making authority with respect to interpretations of the Patent Act. Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas , 536 F.3d 1330, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2008). The Board, similarly, historically has been given adjudicatory authority—similar to that given to courts—to decide the ......
  • Pfizer Inc. v. Apotex Inc., Case Nos. 08-cv-7231
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 7th Circuit. United States District Court (Northern District of Illinois)
    • June 30, 2010
    ...of proceedings in the [PTO]'; it does NOT grant the Commissioner the authority to issue substantive rules"); Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas, 536 F.3d 1330, 1335-36 (Fed.Cir.2008) (PTO has authority to issue procedural rules, but not substantive ones). Therefore, PTO regulations are entitled to ......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Printed Publications and Persons of Ordinary Skill: Did the PTAB in GoPro v. Contour IP Holding Apply an Overly Restrictive Standard?
    • United States
    • ABA General Library Landslide Nbr. 10-2, November 2017
    • November 1, 2017
    ...in the final rule notice. 76 Fed. Reg. 72,270, 72,291 (Nov. 22, 2011). Recent rule making notices cite Cooper Technologies Co. v. Dudas , 536 F.3d 1330, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2008)—but Cooper only discusses interpretative rules (which of course do not require notice and comment), and decides noth......
  • The PTAB is Not an Article III Court: A Primer on Federal Agency Rule Making
    • United States
    • ABA General Library Landslide Nbr. 10-2, November 2017
    • November 1, 2017
    ...in the final rule notice. 76 Fed. Reg. 72,270, 72,291 (Nov. 22, 2011). Recent rule making notices cite Cooper Technologies Co. v. Dudas , 536 F.3d 1330, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2008)—but Cooper only discusses interpretative rules (which of course do not require notice and comment), and decides noth......
  • Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel
    • United States
    • ABA General Library Landslide Nbr. 10-2, November 2017
    • November 1, 2017
    ...in the final rule notice. 76 Fed. Reg. 72,270, 72,291 (Nov. 22, 2011). Recent rule making notices cite Cooper Technologies Co. v. Dudas , 536 F.3d 1330, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2008)—but Cooper only discusses interpretative rules (which of course do not require notice and comment), and decides noth......
  • I Lost at the USPTO, What Are My Chances on Appeal?
    • United States
    • ABA General Library Landslide Nbr. 9-3, January 2017
    • January 1, 2017
    ...the second Lee case was not identical, although the primary piece of art was the same in both. 8. See, e.g. , Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas, 536 F.3d 1330, 1332, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2008). 9. See, e.g. , In re Lovin, 652 F.3d 1349, 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2011); see also Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452, 462......

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