United States Federal Circuit - August 2008 Opinion Summaries

800 Adept, Inc. v. Murex Sec., Ltd.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent suit over technology for routing toll-free telephone calls to appropriate service locations, judgments of infringement, invalidity, and...

Bazan v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law
Award of compensation to petitioner under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is reversed where: 1) petitioner was required to make out a prima...

Distributed Solutions, Inc. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a case arising from a dispute related to the procurement of software for development of a common computer platform between two government agencies,...

Amber Res. Co. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Remedies
In a suit claiming that the government breached agreements allowing plaintiffs-lessees to explore and develop offshore oil and gas resources in...

Star Scientific, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Agriculture, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute over two patents for tobacco curing processes, judgment of unenforceability of both patents due to inequitable conduct and summary...

SKF USA, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
In an antidumping investigation, a judgment affirming the Department of Commerce's revision of its model-match methodology and its ongoing zeroing...

Volkswagen of Am., Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, International Trade, Transportation
In a customs case in which plaintiff sought a reduction of the appraised value of imported automobiles as an allowance for repairs made to correct...

In Re Cygnus Telecomm. Tech., LLC, Patent Litig.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
In a patent dispute over computerized callback systems designed to lower the cost of overseas telephone calls, summary judgment of invalidity and...

Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas

Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
A determination by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) of which applications constitute "original applications" for which inter partes reexamination...

DSW, Inc. v. Shoe Pavilion, Inc.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a suit alleging infringement of two patents for storing and displaying footwear for customer self-service, summary judgment of non-infringement of...