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List of patent case law

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ6632064 ↗
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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.

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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.

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