United States Federal Circuit - June 2007 Opinion Summaries

Takeda Chem. Indus., Ltd. v. Alphapharm Pty., Ltd.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
A decision finding that a patent for a compound used in a diabetes drug was not shown to be invalid under 35 U.S.C. section 103 is affirmed where the...

Hyatt v. Dudas

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
A patent examiner, by complying with the PTO's Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) section 2163.04(I)(B) and the decision in In re Alton, 76...

Int'l Data Prods. Corp. v. US

Commercial Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
In a matter arising from the Air Force's termination for convenience of a contract with plaintiff to provide computers because plaintiff lost its...

Saunders Group, Inc. v. Comfortrac, Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving competitors in the market for relatively inexpensive and lightweight cervical traction devices, summary...

Young v. Lumenis, Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute involving a patent directed to a surgical method for removing a claw from a domesticated cat, a judgment holding that certain...

Blue & Gold, Fleet, L.P. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Transportation
In a dispute between ferry companies competing to be awarded the contract with the government for ferry and related services to Alcatraz Island in San...

China Healthways Inst., Inc. v. Wang

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark case involving marks for electric massage devices, a decision denying appellant's opposition to registration of the trademark "Chi...

Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade, Tax Law
In a dispute involving the classification of light fixtures imported by the Home Depot, a judgment reclassifying certain models of light fixtures...

Bender v. Dudas

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In a disciplinary matter involving a patent attorney handling the prosecution of certain patent applications for the American Inventors Corporation,...

Fisherman's Harvest, Inc. v. PBS & J

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving alleged damage to oyster growers due to dredging operations, a portion of a judgment transferring plaintiffs-oyster growers'...