United States Federal Circuit - May 2006 Opinion Summaries

Harding v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Elder Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
5 U.S.C. section 2105(f) represents express authorization by Congress for the inclusion of Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) medical personnel in...

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha v. Thinksharp, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
A decision of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, dismissing Sharp's opposition to the registration of the mark...

Falkner v. Inglis

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In the context of a patent dispute involving vaccination, for purposes of the law of written description: 1) examples are not necessary to support the...

Old Stone Corp. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Law, M&A, Remedies
An award of damages for the government's breach of contract with a former bank holding company via the elimination of regulatory capital by the...

Willis v. Gov't Accountability Office

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The fee-shifting provision of the Civil Service Reform Act grants the "prevailing party," not the attorney, a legally protected interest in claiming...

Applied Med. Res. Corp. v. US Surgical Corp.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendant of non-infringement of a patent for a trocar, a surgical device, is vacated where there were genuine issues of material...

Inpro II Licensing, S.A.R.L. v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment for defendants of noninfringement of a patent involving novel personal digital assistant (PDA) modules is affirmed where the district court...

Waltzer v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
An appeal from denial of a claim of clear and unmistakable error as to a 1979 decision severing claimant's award of service connection for her...

Old Town Canoe Co. v. Confluence Holdings Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute between manufacturers of layered polyethylene canoes, judgment as a matter of law for plaintiff of no invalidity of a patent relating to...

Rex Serv. Corp. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's post-award bid protest for lack of jurisdiction under the Tucker Act is affirmed where plaintiff was not an -interested...