United States Federal Circuit - December 2009 Opinion Summaries

In re US

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Indian Law
Petition for a writ of mandamus by the United States to direct the Court of Federal Claims to vacate its orders requiring the US to produce documents...

Griffin v. US

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In plaintiff's suit against the Secretary of Army claiming sex discrimination after the Army granted a promotion to a male colleague instead of...

The Forest Group, Inc. v. Bon Tool Co.

Construction, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit involving claims for an improved spring-loaded parallelogram stilt of the type commonly used in construction, district...

In Re Sones

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, denying petitioner's registration application for the mark "One Nation Under God" for charity...

Schell v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
Court of federal claims' dismissal of plaintiffs-taxpayers' complaint that the IRS unlawfully denied their claim for a tax refund, involving an...

i4i Ltd. P'ship v. Microsoft Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In plaintiff-i4i's patent infringement action against Microsoft alleging that the patented custom XML editor in certain versions of Microsoft Word...

Int'l Seaway Trading Corp. v. Walgreens Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's design patent suit against Walgreens and another defendant involving shoes typically referred to as "clogs", summary judgment in favor...

Intellectual Sci. & Tech., Inc. v. Sony Elec., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case involving an apparatus for reading optical discs in a computer that reduces the role of magnetic disc drives, summary...

Agro Dutch Indus. Ltd. v. US

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
Judgment of the Court of International Trade ordering the re-liquidation of imported entries of preserved mushrooms from India by plaintiff is...

Yant v. US

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by thirty-five current and former nurse practitioners employed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the Tennessee Valley...