| Description | Date | Docket # |
| PFIZER INC. v. DR. REDDY'S LABS., LTD. United States Federal Circuit Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent Judgment of non-infringement is reversed. The extended term of plaintiff's patent covers amlodipine and any salt or ester, as provided by 35 U.S.C.... |
02/27/2004 | 03-1227, 03-1258 |
| CHEF AM., INC. v. LAMB-WESTON, INC. United States Federal Circuit Intellectual Property, Patent (Industry: Food & Beverage) Plaintiff's patent, concerning a process for producing a flaky-textured dough product, unambiguously requires that the dough be heated "to" (rather... |
02/20/2004 | 03-1279 |
| SANDSTROM v. PRINCIPI United States Federal Circuit Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law, Remedies (Industry: Food & Beverage) Because in the absence of an explicit waiver of sovereign immunity from liability for interest, the government pays all judgments in "nominal dollars"... |
02/20/2004 | 03-7075 |
| SULZER TEXTIL A.G. v. PICANOL N.V. United States Federal Circuit Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent (Industry: Food & Beverage) In patent cases in which claim construction rulings on disputed claim terms are made prior to trial and followed by the parties during the course of... |
02/17/2004 | 02-1410, 02-1441 |
| UNIV. OF ROCHESTER v. G.D. SEARLE & CO. United States Federal Circuit Intellectual Property, Patent (Industry: Food & Beverage) A patent, directed to methods for selectively inhibiting mammalian prostaglandin H synthase-2 (PGHS-2) activity by adminstering a non-steroidal... |
02/13/2004 | 03-1304 |
| SUPERGUIDE CORP. v. DIRECTV ENTERS., INC. United States Federal Circuit Intellectual Property, Patent (Industry: Food & Beverage) The district court's finding that defendants did not infringe three of plaintiff's patents, relating to interactive electronic program guides, is... |
02/12/2004 | 02-1561, 02-1562, 02-1594 |
| LIEBEL-FLARSHEIM CO. v. MEDRAD, INC. United States Federal Circuit Intellectual Property, Patent (Industry: Food & Beverage) Summary judgment of noninfringement is reversed. The common specification of two of plaintiff's fluid-injector patents does not limit the scope of the... |
02/11/2004 | 03-1082, 03-1165 |
| BRICE v. SEC'Y OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVS. United States Federal Circuit Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law (Industry: Food & Beverage) National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act section 300aa-15(e)(3) does not preclude an attorney from charging a fee for litigating an appeal of a decision... |
02/11/2004 | 03-5079 |
| FORMER EMPLOYEES OF BARRY CALLEBAUT v. CHAO United States Federal Circuit Government Benefits, International Trade, Labor & Employment Law (Industry: Food & Beverage) Defendant's determination that only a very small percentage of employer's production had been shifted to Canada was supported by substantial evidence;... |
02/10/2004 | 03-1113 |
| SZEMRAJ v. PRINCIPI United States Federal Circuit Administrative Law, Government Benefits (Industry: Food & Beverage) The Department of Veterans' Affairs' duty to fully and sympathetically develop a veteran's allegations extends to clear and unmistakeable error... |
02/05/2004 | 03-7047 |