United States Federal Circuit - September 2010 Opinion Summaries

McHugh v. DLT Solutions, Inc.

Contracts, Government Contracts, Military Law
A final decision of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals holding that the government breached a non-substitution clause of a delivery order...

The Laryngeal Mask Co. Ltd. v. Ambu A/S, Ambu Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit related to artificial airway devices used to deliver anesthetic gases during surgery and to establish unobstructed...

Fujitsu Ltd. v. Netgear Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit related to patents that describe and claim a different aspect of wireless communication technologies, district court's...

Downing v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
The Merit Systems Protection Board's affirmance of the reconsideration decision of the Office of Personnel Management's denying petitioner's request...

Jones v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In a veteran's petition for an earlier effective date for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on a claim filed in 1973, which he alleges was...

Am. Med. Sys., Inc. v. Biolitec, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit related to patents claiming various methods and devices for vaporizing tissue by using laser radiation, district court's...

Broekelschen v. Sec'y of Health & Human Serv.

Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's petition for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1996, the United States Court of Federal Claims'...

Wanless v. Shinseki

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In an incarcerated veteran's request for full reinstatement of his disability benefits following his transfer from a state-operated prison to a...

Tri-Star Elec. Int'l, Inc. v. Preci-Dip Durtal, SA

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, district court's denial of the motion to dismiss for lack of standing under Federal Rule of Civil procedure 12(b)(1) is...

Baseload Energy, Inc. v. Roberts

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's action seeking a declaratory judgment that defendant's patent related to a flying wind turbine was invalid and unenforceable, district...