United States Federal Circuit - January 2009 Opinion Summaries

Sud-Chemie, Inc. v. Multisorb Techs., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action, summary judgment for defendant on the ground that plaintiff's patent was invalid for obviousness is vacated and...

People of Bikini v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action involving nuclear bomb testing in the 1940's and 50's brought by people and descendants of the Bikini and Enewetak Atolls seeking just...

Schick v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
In an action brought after plaintiff, a licensed U.S. customs broker, had his customs license revoked for failure to file the triennial status report...

Arko Executive Servs., Inc. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a services contract dispute brought by a security company against the government pursuant to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978, summary judgment...

Comer v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A ruling holding that veteran had not properly raised the issue of whether he was entitled to an earlier effective date for total disability based on...

Cary v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the U.S. for the taking of their property without just compensation by inverse condemnation in the huge 2003 California "Cedar...

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. v. Cordis Corp.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving a drug-eluting expandable stent with a coating that has a non-thrombogenic surface, denial of defendant's motion for a new...

In re Comiskey

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving a method and system for mandatory arbitration involving legal documents, such as wills or contracts, a decision of the...

Ramos v. Dep't of Justice

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Government employee's petition for review of a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) denying his request for attorney fees based on...

Walton v. US

Copyright, Government Law, Intellectual Property
28 U.S.C. section 1498(b), which governs copyright infringement suits against the federal government, does not authorize this suit by a federal...