United States Federal Circuit - March 2007 Opinion Summaries

Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. v. Novartis Pharms. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
Dismissal of a pharmaceutical company's declaratory judgment action against Novartis is reversed pursuant to the Supreme Court's recent decision in...

Merck & Co., Inc. v. Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
A patent term extension under the Hatch-Waxman Act, 35 U.S.C. section 156, may be applied to a patent subject to a terminal disclaimer under 35 U.S.C....

BASF Corp. v. US

International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
In a tariff classification case involving importer-BASF Corporation, a decision classifying an imported product, which contains 1% beta-carotene and...

Sandisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
Where a patentee asserts rights under a patent based on certain identified ongoing or planned activity of another party, and where that party contends...

Pfizer, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute arising from defendant's application to commercially sell its generic version of Pfizer's Norvasc drug for hypertension and...

Liebel-Flarsheim Co. v. Medrad, Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute involving injectors and syringes, summary judgment for defendant finding that four of plaintiff's patents are invalid is affirmed...

Tully v. Dep't of Justice

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a dispute arising from the Bureau of Prisons' refusal to pay petitioner for holidays during a leave of absence, a decision in favor of the...

eSpeed, Inc. v. BrokerTec USA, L.L.C.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Securities Law
In a dispute involving a patent pertaining to automated methods and systems for trading financial instruments, a judgment declaring certain claims of...

Cross Med. Prods., Inc. v. Medtronics Sofamor Danek, Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent litigation involving polyaxial screws, summary judgment of infringement of a particular patent claim is reversed where certain redesigned...

Hubbard v. US

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
In a case stemming from a contract under which plaintiff agreed to build and operate a mini-storage facility at a naval air station, a ruling that...