United States Federal Circuit - September 2011 Opinion Summaries

Powertech Technology Inc. v. Tessera, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff's action for declarations of non-infringement and invalidity for lack of...

Cordis Corp. v. Boston Scientific Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court in a patent infringement action relating to balloon-expandable stents, judgment is affirmed...

Boston Edison Co. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court concerning an action breach of a nuclear waste disposal contract, judgment is affirmed with respect to...

Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. v. Hemcon, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from a judgment of patent infringement by the district court concerning a polymer that accelerates hemostasis, judgment is reversed where...

Spread Sepctrum Screening LLC v. Eastman Kodak Company

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting defendant’s motion to stay action against the its co-defendants and customers pending the...

Systems Development Corp. v. McHugh

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Military Law, Remedies
In an appeal from a decision of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals dismissing appellant's denial of a termination settlement costs or...

In Re: Shared Memory Graphics

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to vacate a district court order granting Nintendo Co.'s motion to disqualify petitioner's counsel on the...

Monsanto Co. v. Bowman

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting summary judgment of infringement in favor of plaintiff, judgment is affirmed where patent...

Samish Indian Nation v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Indian Law, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, an action by plaintiff seeking treaty rights...

In Re Leithem

Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from a judgment of the Board of Patent Appeals affirming the examiner's rejection of a pending claim concerning an improved diaper,...