United States Federal Circuit - October 2007 Opinion Summaries

Gutkowski v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Postal service employee's petition for review of a dismissal of a petition for enforcement of a prior Merit Systems Protection Board order is affirmed...

Biomed. Patent Mgmt. Corp. v. State of California

Government Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving circumstances where defendant-state intervened in an earlier, related action that was dismissed for improper venue,...

Paice LLC v. Toyota Motor Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies, Transportation
In a patent case involving drive trains for hybrid electric vehicles, a judgment finding that defendant-Toyota infringed certain patent claims under...

Dye v. Mansfield

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Denial of a veteran's application for disability benefits on the ground that his medical problems were not shown to be service connected is affirmed...

Lowder v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by petitioner seeking higher retirement benefits that "law enforcement officers" receive under applicable federal law, a decision...

Immunocept, LLC v. Fulbright & Jaworksi, LLP

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Professional Malpractice
Where determination of claim scope is a necessary, substantial, and contested element of a malpractice claim stemming from patent prosecution, there...

Int'l Gamco, Inc. v. Multimedia Games, Inc.

Contracts, Gaming Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action brought by plaintiff, who possessed an "exclusive enterprise license" involving a gaming system network, denial of the...

Air Measurement Techs., Inc. v. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Professional Malpractice
In a legal malpractice case between non-diverse parties based on alleged errors by counsel in patent prosecution and patent litigation, denial of...

Wilson v. Mansfield

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
Denial of a claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability is affirmed over a claim that the Department of Veterans Affairs failed to...

In re Translogic Tech., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent reexamination proceeding involving a patent dealing with multiplexers, a type of electrical circuit, a decision upholding an examiner's...