United States Federal Circuit - January 2012 Opinion Summaries

HTC Corp. v. IPCom GmbH & Co., KG

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute concerning a patent covering a handover in a cellular telephone network, the district court's denial of a motion for summary judgment of...

Krippelz v. Ford Motor Co.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case involving a vehicle-mounted lamp, the district court's denial of the defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law...

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Government Contracts
In a case involving the calculation and payment of segment closing adjustments associated with a corporation's sale of certain business units that...

Otay Mesa Property, L.P. v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
On appeal from a decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims awarding plaintiffs $3,043,051, plus interest, for the temporary taking of a...

Falana v. Kent State University

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit against a university and inventors listed on a patent alleging that the plaintiff was an omitted co-inventor, the district court’s judgment...

In re US

Civil Procedure, Tax Law
In a case in which a taxpayer sought and was granted discovery of protected tax return information of non-parties, the government's petition for a...

Dealertrack, Inc. v. Huber

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving patents directed to a computer-aided method and system for processing credit applications over electronic...

National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc. v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
In a challenge to a rule issued by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to claims for service-connected disability benefits for...

Hearts Bluff Game Ranch, Inc. v. US

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a suit for just compensation under the Fifth Amendment for an alleged taking based on the Army Corps of Engineers' denial of a landowner's proposal...

System Fuels, Inc. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities, Remedies
In a case in which the United States Court of Federal Claims determined that the United States breached a contract for the removal of spent nuclear...