United States Federal Circuit - November 2006 Opinion Summaries

Gooden v. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a decision affirmed the denial of postal carrier's application for disability benefits by the Office of Personnel Management is...

Night Vision Corp. v. US

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
Dismissal of contract claims brought by a small business against the Air Force involving a development contract for night vision goggles is affirmed...

Highway Equip. Co., Inc. v. FECO, Ltd.

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent and contract-related dispute between manufacturers and sellers of agricultural equipment, summary judgment for plaintiff on defendant's...

Steen v. US

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law, Government Benefits, International Law, International Trade
A ruling by the Court of International Trade upholding an agency decision denying a commercial fisherman's application for a "trade adjustment...

Impax Labs., Inc. v. Aventis Pharm. Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a declaratory judgment action regarding a patent involving the use of a chemical compound to treat ALS, a decision finding that plaintiff failed to...

Depuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent concerning pedicle screws and receiver members used in spinal surgeries, summary judgment of...

Hawkins v. US

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A Court of Federal Claims order holding that plaintiff, a member of a county Volunteer Mounted Posse, was a "public safety officer" who died as a...

PHG Techs., LLC v. St. John Cos., Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a patent case involving design patents for medical label sheets, grant of a preliminary injunction for plaintiff is vacated where defendant raised...

Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. v. Mayne Pharma (USA) Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents for a pharmaceutical composition used to induce and maintain general anesthesia and sedation in patients,...

02 Micro Int'l Ltd. v. Monolithic Power Sys., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving a circuit for converting direct current to alternating current, summary judgment of non-infringement for defendant is...