United States Federal Circuit - October 2004 Opinion Summaries

C.R. BARD, INC. v. US SURGICAL CORP.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning a device used to repair hernias, judgment of non-infringement is affirmed where defendant's device did not include a...

CATERPILLAR, INC. v. STRUMAN INDUS.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning residual magnetism, judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the district court erred in allowing a presumed...

ZOELLER v. BROWNLEE

Military Law, Property Law and Real Estate, Contract Law

CAPO, INC. v. DIOPTICS MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning sunglass lenses, dismissal of plaintiff's declaratory judgment action for noninfringement is reversed where the...

BERNHARDT v. COLLEZIONE EUROPA USA, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning furniture design, judgment of noninfringement in favor of defendant is vacated where the district court did not fully...

ON-LINE TECH. INC. v. BODENSEEWERK PERKIN-ELMER

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning a device which determines the composition of gases, judgment of noninfringement is reversed where the district court's...

BUIE v. OFFICE OF PERS. MGMT.

ERISA, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's suit, contesting the calculation of her retirement contributions, is dismissed where she is not eligible to claim the reduced deposit rate...

BILSTAD v. WAKALOPULOS

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning an apparatus for sterilizing three-dimensional objects, the grant of defendant's motion for judgment is vacated where...

FUJI PHOTO FILM CO. v. INT'L TRADE COMM'N

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning cameras, the International Trade Commission's order with respect to a patent for a method of assembling a lens-fitted...

VASTFAME CAMERA, LTD. v. INT'L TRADE COMM'N

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case involving single-use cameras, the International Trade Commission's determination of infringement is vacated where its refusal to allow...