United States Federal Circuit - January 2005 Opinion Summaries

MERCK v. TEVA PHARM.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning the treatment of osteoporosis, the district court incorrectly determined that plaintiff's patent was not invalid as...

SILICON IMAGE, INC. v. GENESIS MICROCHIP INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement dispute concerning specifications for digital interface, no final judgment was issued since conditions precedent to a...

THE STEARNS CO. v. US

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Court of Federal Claims erred in concluding that the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act produced a physical taking of plaintiff's mineral...

SINGLETON CONTRACTING CORP. v. SEC'Y OF THE ARMY

Construction, Contracts
In a construction contract dispute, plaintiff's claim for unabsorbed overhead resulting from a contract delay is denied where it's non-compliance with...

LANGSTON v. OFFICE OF PERS. MGMT.

Education Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's survivor annuity benefits is reversed where the Merit Systems Protection Board misinterpreted the meaning of the term "in...

INDEP. INK v. ILL TOOL WORKS, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, Patent
A rebuttable presumption of market power arises from the possession of a patent over a tying product.

CORUS STAAL BV v. DEPT. OF COMMERCE

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
The Department of Commerce's zeroing methodology to calculate the weighted-average dumping margin for imports of plaintiff's hot-rolled carbon steel...

TEVA PHARM. v. PFIZER, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, seeking a determination that its generic drug did not infringe defendant's patent, is affirmed where plaintiff failed...

TRINTEC INDUS. v. PEDRE PROMO. PROD. INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction is vacated where plaintiff made a prima facie...

CENTEX CORP. v. US

Contracts, Government Law, Tax Law
The 1993 enactment of certain tax legislation breached a contract with plaintiff since the legislation changed the tax laws to abrogate tax benefits...