United States Federal Circuit - February 2006 Opinion Summaries

Jazz Photo Corp. v. US

Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade, Patent
A decision of the court of international trade ordering customs to: 1) release for entry certain of plaintiff's disposable cameras from two shipments...

Brennan v. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Elder Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board's denial of a postal worker's application for disability retirement under the Civil Service...

Coradeschi v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board's (MSPB) dismissal, for lack of jurisdiction, of an appeal involving petitioner-air...

M. Eagles Tool Warehouse, Inc. v. Fisher Tooling Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for plaintiff in a patent case relating to a combination of a pneumatic driver with an eraser wheel to remove decals from a motor...

Smithkline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendant in a patent infringement suit involving product-by-process claims for a pharmaceutical product aimed at treating...

Lawman Armor Corp. v. Winner Int'l, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of non-infringement in a patent case holding that infringement had not been shown since each of certain alleged "points of novelty"...

Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp. v. Velan, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
Preliminary injunction in favor of plaintiff pursuant to a finding that plaintiff had shown a likelihood of success on the merits of its patent...

Ferring B.V. v. Barr Labs., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Grant of summary judgment for defendant in a patent infringement case involving a medicinal compound and a method of administering the compound is...

Golden Blount, Inc. v. Robert H. Peterson Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
Final orders finding that defendant willfully infringed a patent relating to fireplace burners and associated equipment, and awarding plaintiff...

Garcia v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under 5 U.S.C. sections 7701 and 7512, involving adverse employment actions by federal agencies, once a claimant makes non-frivolous claims of Merit...