United States Federal Circuit - December 2005 Opinion Summaries

Perricone v. Medicis Pharm. Corp.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of invalidity and non-infringement for defendant on claims in a patent infringement case involving methods of treating sunburns and...

Zhejiang Native Produce & Animal By-products Import & Export Corp. v. US

International Law, International Trade
Decision of the United States Court of International Trade, holding that "critical circumstances" for purposes of applying antidumping duties, applied...

Pillsbury Co. v. US

Administrative Law, International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
Judgment upholding the tariff classification of plaintiff's imported Haagen-Dazs dessert bars is affirmed where a finding that the dessert bars are...

Jones v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law
Plaintiff's appeal of a non-final order of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims denying plaintiff's motion for a limited remand is...

Franklin Fed. Sav. Bank v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Law
Judgment for plaintiffs for damages resulting from changes in regulatory capital requirements is reversed, because under case law precedent,...

First Nationwide Bank v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies, Tax Law
Judgment awarding plaintiff-bank damages is affirmed where defendant, the federal government, in enacting and implementing the 1993 Guarini Amendment...

Norian Corp. v. Stryker Corp.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of noninfringement based on the district court's construction of a claim limitation is affirmed in a patent case involving kits for...