United States Federal Circuit - August 2011 Opinion Summaries

In Re Aoyama

Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from the affirmance by the Board of Patent Appeals of the examiner's rejection of certain claims as anticipated by a patent application...

Todd Construction, L.P. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an appeal from the trial court's dismissal of a government contractor's complaint for Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. section 1491, and the Contract Disputes...

Clark v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court granting the government summary adjudication on the ground that plaintiffs-National Guard members were...

Star Scientific, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Co.

Civil Procedure, cs_82, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from a judgment of non-infringement and invalidity by the district court concerning two patents claiming tobacco curing methods, judgment...

Unigene Laboratories, Inc. v. Aptoex, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, cs_82, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning an FDA-approved nasal spray, judgment of the district court is affirmed where it correctly: 1) granted summary judgment...

Delano Farms Co. v. The California Table Grape Commission

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, cs_83, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action seeking declaratory relief concerning the validity of certain patents under the Plant Variety Protection Act for grapevines that produce...

Bush v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In a tax dispute concerning the procedures to be followed when the IRS conducts a partnership proceeding under the Tax Equity and Fiscal...

Genetics Institute, LLC v. Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a 35 U.S.C. section 291 dispute involving patents related to truncated forms of a protein called Factor VIII, judgment of the district court is...

Southern California Edison Co. v. US

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Remedies
In a dispute involving the proper measure of damages related to the handling of spent nuclear fuels produced at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station,...

August Technology Corp. v. Camtek, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement dispute involving certain claims to a system and a method for inspecting integrated circuits printed on substrates such as...