United States Federal Circuit - February 2012 Opinion Summaries

General Electric Co. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

Intellectual Property, Patent, International Trade
In a suit alleging that certain imported variable speed wind turbines infringed patents held by the complainant and thus the importer violated section...

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. v. Monsanto Technology LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an interference proceeding involving claims of a patent and a patent application on genetically modified corn, judgment in favor of the applicant...

Fort Properties, Inc. v. American Master Lease LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a case challenging the validity of claims in a patent disclosing an investment tool designed to enable property owners to buy and sell properties...

Coach Services, Inc. v. Triumph Learning LLC

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark dispute over the mark COACH between a publisher of books and software used to assist teachers and students in preparing for...

Aromont USA, Inc. v. US

International Trade
In a case concerning the proper classification under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) of finished flavoring products that...

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. US

Contracts, Public Utilities, Remedies
In a case involving the damages calculation for the government’s partial breach of a contract with a utility over the handling of spent nuclear fuel,...

ClearValue, Inc. v. Pearl River Polymers, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
In a suit involving claims of indirect patent infringement and misappropriation of a trade secret: 1) the district court's denial of the defendant's...

Beer v. US

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Judges & Judiciary
In a class action by judges who were part of a certified class in Williams v. US, 240 F.3d 1019 (Fed. Cir. 2001), involving the question of whether...

Byron v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Military Law
On appeal from a decision by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims remanding the case for further proceedings before the Board of Veterans'...

Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. v. W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In patent infringement litigation involving a patent for prosthetic vascular grafts, the judgment in the district court in favor of the plaintiff is...