United States Federal Circuit - February 2003 Opinion Summaries

REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO v. KNIGHT

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Patent applications relating to beta-alethine and vitaletheine compound were correctly determined to be owned by university defendant. The dismissal...

DURO-LAST, INC. v. CUSTOM SEAL, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Because plaintiff did not properly raise an obviousness issue in a JMOL motion before the cause was submitted to the jury, the district court's...

CARREON v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MGMT.

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Because plaintiff's "indefinite" appointment and subsequent employment met the statutory requirements (5 U.S.C. section 8342(a) (2000)), and because...

LUKE v. DEP'T OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVS.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Because plaintiff failed to satisfy all of the statutory requirements for obtaining law enforcement officer retirement benefits, he is not entitled to...

KEARFOTT GUIDANCE & NAVIGATION CORP. v. RUMSFELD

Government Contracts
Under a 1990 section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, a government contractor cannot base its claim for payment under the contract on a...

PANDROL USA, LP v. AIRBOSS RY. PRODUCTS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Transportation
Although district court did not err (1) in construing the claims, (2) in granting summary judgment of patent infringement against defendants, or (3)...

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, INC. v. SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
District court correctly construed a claim relating to the process for growing and isolating the Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome virus. The...

IN RE BERG

Intellectual Property, Patent
Based on prior art, the conclusion of obviousness regarding the creation of a recombinant DNA system for the production of procollagen is affirmed.

MEEKER v. MERIT SYS. PROT. BD.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The 1996 scoring formula used by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to evaluate candidates for the position of administrative law judge, was...

INTEL CORP. v. VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
Because the patent license agreement between the parties is ambiguous, and under Delaware law ambiguity has to be resolved against plaintiff as the...