| Litigants: | Palm Bay Imports, Inc. v. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Maison Fondee en 1772 |
| Decidedate: | February 9, |
| Decideyear: | 2005 |
| Fullname: | Palm Bay Imports, Inc. v. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Maison Fondee en 1772 |
| Citations: | 396 F.3d 1369 |
| Majority: | Rader |
| Joinmajority: | unanimous |
Palm Bay Imports, Inc. v. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Maison Fondee en 1772, 396 F.3d 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2005), was a case decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarifying the doctrine of foreign equivalents. The court explained that there is a threshold limitation to applying the doctrine of foreign equivalents. The doctrine "should be applied only when it is likely that the ordinary American purchaser would 'stop and translate [the word] into its English equivalent.'"[1]