United States Federal Circuit - November 2003 Opinion Summaries

RANBAXY PHARM., INC. v. APOTEX, INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a patent infringement action involving the drug cefuroxime axetil, a broad-spectrum antibiotic, the district court's denial of preliminary...

COPELAND v. VENEMAN

Agriculture, Government Contracts
In an action challenging the termination of two government contracts, judgment to the defendant is affirmed where the Board of Contract Appeals...

PHONOMETRICS, INC. v. WESTIN HOTEL CO.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action, the district court's award of attorney's fees pursuant to 35 U.S.C. section 285 and 28 U.S.C. section 1927 is...

ADAMS v. US

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by US Border Patrol agents, alleging that the government failed to pay them overtime wages at a time-and-a-half rate as required...

GENEVA PHARM. INC. v. GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The US District Court's granting summary judgment invalidating the claims of several patents for nonstatutory double patenting is affirmed as the...

SEARS v. . PRINCIPI

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
The Veterans Court correctly upheld the legality of the Department of Veteran Affairs regulation expressly limiting the earliest effective date for...

COMBINED SYS., INC. v. DEF. TECH. CORP. OF AM.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Appellant's summary judgment appeal is affirmed. The district court correctly construed the disputed terms of the asserted claim and its methodology...

BROWNING v. DYNCORP

Government Contracts
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals is reversed where the appeal is timely, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation 31.205-47(b) disallows...

CFMT, INC. v. YIELDUP INT'L. CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action concerning a system for cleaning semiconductor wafers, judgement in favor of defendant is reversed in part and vacated...

VELANDER v. GARNER

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The decision of the USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences granting defendant's preliminary motion to have all of the allowed claims of...