United States Federal Circuit - March 2012 Opinion Summaries

Duncan v. Dep't of the Air Force

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a Butterbaugh claim seeking compensation for the charging of non-workdays against military leave, the Merit Systems Protection Board's denial of...

Promega Corp. v. Life Technologies Corp.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent license dispute that the defendant sought to have arbitrated, the district court's order compelling arbitration is affirmed, where: 1) the...

King Supply Co., LLC v. US

International Trade
A decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade Court concluding that a company's imports of steel butt-weld pipe fittings were outside the scope...

3M Co. v. Avery Dennison Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute between direct competitors in the retroreflective sheeting product market, the district court's dismissal of a declaratory...

Ergo Licensing, LLC v. CareFusion 303, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent infringement litigation over a patent on an infusion system used to meter and simultaneously deliver fluids from multiple fluid sources into...

Akers v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Military Law
In a suit by a widow of a veteran, seeking an earlier effective date for dependency and indemnity compensation benefits, the Court of Appeals for...

VanDesande v. US

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by an employee of the US Postal Service (USPS) alleging that the government breached a settlement agreement to resolve her Title VII...

Ebel v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Military Law
A widow's appeal of a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, where: 1) the decision...

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC v. Federal Corp.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's dismissal of an opposition to an intent-to-use application to register the trademark MILANZA for tires is...

Price v. Panetta

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by a former employee of the Department of Defense seeking a bonus payment that was denied because he was no longer employed on the...