United States Federal Circuit - July 2004 Opinion Summaries

HIGH CONCRETE STRUCTURES, INC. v. NEW ENTER. STONE AND LIME CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Plaintiff successfully challenged summary judgment of a cargo carrier patent, which declared it invalid for failure to comply with the best mode...

MARS, INC. v. H.J. HEINZ CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute, the district court applied the incorrect claim construction, and, consequently, summary judgment of non-infringement in favor of...

GLAXO GROUP v. APOTEX, INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute, defendant unsuccessfully appealed the district court's determination that its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA)infringes...

NORTON v. PRINCIPI

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Plaintiff unsuccessfully appealed the termination of his rating of total disability on grounds that the decision of the regional office of the Board...

TOEWS v. US

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a takings case concerning property converted into a public recreational trail under the Rails-to-Trails Act, summary judgment on plaintiffs...

ELI LILLY v. ARADIGM CORP.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute, the Court reversed the district court's denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law on a joint inventorship...

NATALI v. PRINCIPI

Government Benefits
In an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the Court affirmed denial of plaintiff's claim for veteran's benefits...

AFG INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CARDINAL IG COMPANY, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning windows, the Court reversed summary judgment for defendant's claim of noninfringement because a factual dispute still...

UNITHERM FOOD SYSTEMS, INC. ET AL v. SWIFT-ECKRICH

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Injury & Tort Law, Patent
In a patent dispute case, the Court affirmed the district court's finding that US Patent No. 5,952,027 is invalid and unenforceable, and its decision...

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. US

Tax Law
Court held plaintiff's vehicles did not fall within the mobile machinery exception to the federal excise tax imposed on heavy motor vehicles, and as...