United States Federal Circuit - January 2001 Opinion Summaries

THE HOOVER CO. v. ROYAL APPLIANCE MFG. CO.

Intellectual Property
Where the original mark was not inherently distinctive and had not acquired distinctiveness, and the proposed registration mark is not deceptive or...

NEBBLETT v. OFFICE OF PERS. MGMT.

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
The Office of Personnel Management's interpretation of 5 USC 8336(d)(1), that a constructive termination is not an involuntary separation warranting...

BANNER v. US

Constitutional Law, Indian Law
The Seneca Nation Land Claims Settlement Act of 1990, 25 USC 1774, does not violate the Takings Clause because collateral estoppel prevents finding a...

ABBS v. PRINCIPI

Civil Procedure
Where a party-s argument is explicitly negated by the very statute the party relies on in support of its argument, the appeal is illogical and...

FABIL MFG CO. v. US

International Trade
Plaintiff seeking refunds of duties on imported merchandise which were latently defective and worthless was not required to not link the defects in...

PIONEER MAGNETICS, INC. v. MICRO LINEAR CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Prosecution history estoppel precludes infringement under the doctrine of equivalents where the prosecution history demonstrates that the amendment...

BRILEY v. NAT'L ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMIN.

Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Where the agency shows by clear and convincing evidence that it would not have reclassified petitioner-s position, even absent the whistleblower...

GLOBETROTTER SOFTWARE, INC. v. ELAN COMPUTER GROUP, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where a unique identifier is assigned to each license file regardless of whether that license file contains any licenses, the identifier is a defining...

SMITH v. GOBER

Government Benefits
Where underlying facts of the two claims pending before the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims are intimately connected because both claims hinge on...

MAURER v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Government Benefits
Excess pay deductions after an employee reaches the maximum annuity level under the Civil Service Retirement System accrue interest at the rate of...