United States Federal Circuit - March 2008 Opinion Summaries

Akira Akazawa v. Link New Tech. Int'l, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, International Law, Patent, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a patent dispute, summary judgment for defendant based on lack of standing is vacated where issues of Japanese intestacy law must be resolved by...

Ortho-McNeil Pharm., Inc. v. Mylan Labs., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
A judgment permanently enjoining defendant from infringing a patent claiming the anticonvulsive drug topiramate and resetting the approval date for...

Wood v. Peake

Government Law, Health Law
The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims committed legal error by failing to let a veteran's widow obtain assistance from the VA in obtaining a...

Aristocrat Techs. Australia Pty, Ltd. v. Int'l Game Tech.

Entertainment Law, Gaming Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court committed no error in its analysis of the means-plus-function limitation in this case involving an electronic slot machine patent...

Agrizap, Inc. v. Woodstream Corp.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
Sufficient evidence supports a jury's finding of fraudulent misrepresentation in favor of an electronic rodent-killing device patent holder where the...

Boggs v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
A decision denying a veteran's 2002 claim for service connection for hearing loss in one ear is reversed and remanded for further proceedings where...

AGFA Corp. v. US

Administrative Law, International Trade, Tax Law
A decision finding that Customs properly classified imported metal plates coated with a photosensitive emulsion under a particular subheading of the...

Computer Docking Station Corp. v. Dell, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case brought against Dell, Gateway, and Toshiba involving a portable microprocessor system, summary judgment for defendants,...

Gen. Injectables & Vaccines, Inc. v. Gates

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Contracts, International Trade
A decision of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals affirming the termination of a government contract for default is affirmed over wholesale...

Amgen, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Patent, Administrative Law
In an action alleging that certain importations of recombinant human erythropoietin and derivatives thereof were in violation of section 337 of the...