United States Federal Circuit - November 2007 Opinion Summaries

Elbex Video, Ltd. v. Sensormatic Elecs. Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit alleging that defendant's accused closed circuit television (CCTV) systems infringe plaintiff's patent, summary judgment for defendant is...

Vanieken-Ryals v. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of former Veterans Administration employee's application for disability retirement benefits is reversed and remanded as the Office of...

Degussa Corp. v. US

Commercial Law, International Trade, Tax Law
In a dispute arising from Custom's classification of plaintiff's surface-modified silicon dioxide products, which made them subject to a five percent...

Agro Dutch Indus. Ltd. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Law, International Trade
A finding of duty absorption during a fourth administrative review of an antidumping duty order governing the importation of certain preserved...

Magnola Metallurgy, Inc. v. US

Commercial Law, International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
In a countervailing duty case brought by Canadian magnesium producer and exporter, grant of judgment to the government on the agency record is...

Jennings v. Mansfield

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
A decision denying veteran's claim of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in two ratings decisions issued in 1954 is affirmed over claims that: 1) the...

Reid v. Merit Sys. Protection Bd.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a financial economist in the Federal Transit Administration claiming that she had been subject to adverse personnel actions...

Apotex Corp. v. Merck & Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action against Merck brought by plaintiff to set aside an adverse judgment on charges of fraud pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure...

Samuel Aaron, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Trade
In an action brought by an importer of Thai jewelry involving a dispute over certain increased duties, grant of the government's motion to dismiss for...

Z4 Techs., Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving patents related to the prevention of software piracy, denial of Microsoft's renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law...