United States Federal Circuit - April 2010 Opinion Summaries

Bradford Co. v. Con Teyor N. Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, involving patents related to shipping containers used to ship automobile door panels and related parts, district...

Guillory v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims' affirmance of the Board of Veterans' Appeals' finding of no clear and unmistakable error in a...

Avid Identification Sys., Inc. v. Crystal Import Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's suit alleging infringement of a patent directed to a multi-mode radio-frequency identification system for reading encoded biocompatible...

ALZA Corp. v. ANDRX Pharm., LLC.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's patent infringement suit, involving methods for treating ADHD through a methylphenidate drug dosage that has an ascending release rate...

Medtronic Navigation, Inc. v. Brainlab Medizinische Computersysteme GMBH

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In an appeal by plaintiff and counsel in a patent infringement action, involving defendant's accused devices, which are image-guided surgical...

Butler v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law
Decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims denying petitioner's request for earlier effective dates for various...

Thyssenkrupp Acciai Speciali Terni S.P.A. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
Decision of the United States Court of International Trade that the Department of Commerce reasonably interpreted section 129 of the Uruguay Round...

Chambers v. Dep't of the Interior

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, affirming petitioner's removal from her position as the Chief of the United States Park Police,...

ClearPlay, Inc. v. Abecassis

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law, Patent
In a patent license agreement dispute, arising from an underlying patent infringement suit involving patents related to systems for filtering...

Gillig v. Nike, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiffs' suit against Nike, Inc., alleging inventorship claims of various patents relating to golf clubs owned by Nike and that Nike had...