United States Federal Circuit - February 2007 Opinion Summaries

Aquatex Indus., Inc. v. Techniche Solutions

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute involving a method for cooling a person through evaporation via use of a certain material, summary judgment of non-infringement...

Crawfish Processors Alliance v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
In the context of an antidumping duties decision involving crawfish meat imports, a decision sustaining the Department of Commerce's determination...

FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc. v. Carefirst of Maryland, Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's dismissal of appellant's counterclaim to cancel trademarks registered by appellee is affirmed where the Board did...

Hakim v. Cannon Avent Group, PLC

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit alleging patent infringement by defendant's leak-resistant drinking cups, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) there was no...

Guardian Indus. Corp. & Subsidiaries v. US

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
In a dispute involving an alleged overpayment of taxes for a particular tax period and the extent to which domestic corporations can claim tax credits...

Sevenson Envtl. Servs., Inc. v. Shaw Envtl., Inc.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case, summary judgment ruling that suit against a hazardous waste remediation contractor was barred by government contractor...

Flores v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
VA benefits lost under the forfeiture statute, 38 U.S.C. section 6103(a), cannot be restored under section 103(d)(3).

Markovich v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
"[T]he first symptom or manifestation of onset," for the purposes of 42 U.S.C. section 300aa-16(a)(2), is the first event objectively recognizable as...

MyMail, Ltd. v. America Online, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute over a patent relating to a method of providing network customers with access to a network, such as the internet, when they are away from...

RFR Indus., Inc. v. Century Steps, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Transportation
A plaintiff's voluntary dismissal without prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(i) does not bestow "prevailing party" status upon the...