United States Federal Circuit - July 2006 Opinion Summaries

Eolas Techs., Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving computer software, denial of a software maker's motion to reassign the case to a different judge following a remand from...

Syngenta Seeds, Inc. v. Delta Cotton Coop., Inc.

Agriculture, Evidence, Intellectual Property, International Law, Trademark
A judgment against defendant awarding damages infringement of plaintiffs' rights involving a variety of wheat, under the Plant Variety Protection Act...

Lear Siegler Servs., Inc. v. Rumsfeld

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Summary judgment for the government on a contractor's claim that a part of the regulatory scheme of the Service Contract Act of 1965 required the...

Deshotel v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
A decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims dismissing claimant's appeal for lack of jurisdiction is affirmed where a 1985...

Louisville Bedding Co. v. Pillowtex Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
Denial of plaintiff's motion for partial relief from a final judgment of noninfringement of a patent covering a type of mattress pad is affirmed where...

Lengerich v. Dep't of the Interior

Administrative Law, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision finding that petitioner's oral requests for firefighter annuity retirement credit under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) were...

Wesleyan Co., Inc. v. Harvey

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Military Law, Patent
Dismissal, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals of a breach of contract claim against the...

Cummins Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
Summary judgment for the government, holding that the crankshafts imported by plaintiff into the U.S. did not originate in Mexico and were not...

Regents of the Univ. of California v. Univ. of Iowa Research Found.

Drugs & Biotech, Education Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an interference, grant of a motion for judgment by a junior party that 35 U.S.C. section 135(b)(1) barred a senior party's sole claim interfering...

Intel Corp. v. Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Patent
District court order in a patent infringement suit filed by the Australian national science agency against American companies is affirmed where...