United States Federal Circuit - May 2008 Opinion Summaries

Cat Tech LLC v. Tubemaster, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute, judgment finding that none of four configurations of loading devices manufactured by defendant infringes plaintiff's patent is...

W. Shoshone Nat'l Council v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit seeking to invalidate a 1977 Indian Claims Commission (ICC) judgment awarding compensation for the taking of plaintiffs' lands, as well as...

1-10 Indus. Assoc., LLC v. US

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In a contract dispute, an order imposing sanctions on the government's attorney for violations of counsel's duty of candor to the court under Rule of...

Golden Bridge Tech., Inc. v. Nokia, Inc.

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving a mobile communication system, summary judgment finding that certain patent claims were anticipated by a particular...

Huntleigh USA Corp. v. US

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Transportation
In a company's action against the government alleging, inter alia, that the Aviation and Transportation Security Act's (ATSA) transfer of...

Aventis Pharma S.A. v. Amphastar Pharm., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving plaintiffs-Aventis' drug Lovenox, a drug effective in preventing blood clotting while minimizing the possibility of...

Mangosoft, Inc. v. Oracle Corp.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action relating to computer networking systems and methods that provide shared memory systems and services, summary judgment...

Springer v. Adkins

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision granting respondent an increased annuity payment under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) is affirmed where: 1) retirement...

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co. v. MacDermid Printing Solutions, L.L.C.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a patent infringement case brought by DuPont, an order denying its motion for a preliminary injunction against defendant is vacated and the case...

Acumed LLC v. Stryker Corp.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving a product used to treat proximal humeral bone fractures, dismissal of the action based on claim preclusion is reversed and...