United States Federal Circuit - January 2008 Opinion Summaries

TiVo, Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corp.

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a suit brought by TiVo against defendants alleging certain digital video recorders infringed its patent on technology enabling television users to...

DeLaRosa v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
38 U.S.C. section 5103A(a) does not always require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assist a claimant in obtaining a medical opinion or...

Oatey Co. v. IPS Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case involving an invention concerning washing machine outlet boxes, summary judgment after a Markman hearing finding that...

Am. Seating Co. v. USSC Group, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Transportation
In a suit involving a patent directed toward a wheelchair restraint system that complies with the ADA for use in mass transit vehicles, partial grant...

Trimed, Inc. v. Stryker Corp.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent pertaining to an implantable device for fixing bone fractures, summary judgment of noninfringement for...

Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc. v. M-I LLC

Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
In a patent action brought by Halliburton involving a patent relating to oil field drilling fluids that are fragile gels, a judgment holding that...

Monsanto Co. v. Bayer Bioscience N.V.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case relating to chimeric genes brought by plaintiff asserting that its transgenic corn products did not infringe certain of...

Timber Prods. Co. v. US

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law, International Trade
In a case involving the tariff classification of plywood imported into the United States from Brazil by plaintiff, a ruling that Customs correctly...

MetChem, Inc. v. US

Commercial Law, International Trade
A decision of the United States Court of International Trade classifying certain imports of basic nickel carbonate under subheading 7501.20.00 of the...

Innogenetics, L.V. v. Abbott Labs.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving technology pertaining to diagnostic tools that not only detect but also classify hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in a...