United States Federal Circuit - September 2003 Opinion Summaries

CYGNUS TELECOMMS. TECH., LLC v. TOTALAXCESS.COM, INC.

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Intellectual Property, Patent
Where the terms of a patent suit settlement agreement were incorporated in the district court's judgment and dismissal order, the district court had...

RHONE-POULENC AGRO, S.A. v. DEKALB GENETICS CORP.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the fraudulent inducement, trade secret misappropriation, and patent infringement jury verdicts in favor of...

FESTO CORP. v. SHOKETSU KINZOKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI CO., LTD.

Intellectual Property, Patent
On remand from the US Supreme Court, plaintiff cannot rebut the presumption, that the filing of narrowing amendments for the two patents in suit...

TASKETT v. DENTLINGER

Intellectual Property, Patent
The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences correctly concluded that defendant had proven reduction to practice of the invention (a process for the...

ARLINGTON INDUS., INC. v. BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
On appeal from a suit for patent infringement, appellant improperly seeks to import limitations from the specification into the claims and otherwise...

SCARNATI v. DEP'T OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
A physician who alleges that his veterans' preference rights have been violated when he is not selected for a position with the Veterans Health...

ANDERSON v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts
Neither the FDIC nor individual appellants have standing to sue the government for a breach of contract, and their dismissal from the case was...

AK STEEL CORP. v. SOLLAC

Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court correctly construed the claims of patents which are directed to hot-dip aluminum-coated stainless steel, and there are no genuine...

AKAMAI TECHS., INC. v. CABLE & WIRELESS INTERNET SERVS., INC.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Claims of a patent directed to a "global hosting system" and methods for decreasing congestion and delay in accessing web pages on the Internet, are...

MED. INSTRUMENTATION AND DIAGNOSTICS CORP. v. ELEKTA AB

Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court erred in its construction of the "converting means" limitation in a patent that relates to a system for planning surgical treatment...