United States Federal Circuit - May 2011 Opinion Summaries

Benq America Corp. v. US

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, International Trade
In a trade dispute invovling the proper classification of certain LCD monitors imported from China, judgment of the trial court classifying imports...

Allergan, Inc. v. Athena Comestics, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Consumer Protection Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech
In an infringement action concerning PGF, a prostaglandin compound, to treat inadequate eyelash growth, and involving whether a party must allege an...

Tessera, Inc. v. International Trade Commission

Patent, Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Trade, Intellectual Property
In a trade dispute alleging patent infringement through the importation of semi-conductor chips, 19 U.S.C. section 1337, judgment of the defendant...

In re Brimonidine Patent Litigation

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent action involving an eyedrop formulation for the treatment of glaucoma, judgment of the district court is affirmed-in-part and...

Arris Group, Inc. v. British Telecommunications PLC

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent action seeking injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment on the grounds of invalidity and non-infringement of patents that claim...

In re Huai-Hung Kao

Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute arising from the rejection of three patent applications relating to controlled-release tablets containing oxymorphone, judgment of the...

Hynix Semiconductor Inc. v. Rambus Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In companion patent infringement actions arising from several claims involving Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) and Double Data Rate...

Micron Technology, Inc. v. Rambus Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure
In companion patent infringement actions involving several patents covering various aspects of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in computer memory...

Tudor v. Department of the Treasury

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a petition for review of a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) affirming petitoner's demotion on the grounds of unauthorized...

Sickels v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
In a dispute arising from the denial of petitioner's application for disability compensation, judgment of the appeals court is affirmed where a 38...