United States Federal Circuit - June 2012 Opinion Summaries

Henio v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In a veteran benefits suit, the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming a decision by the Board of Veterans' Appeals denying...

In re Mouttet

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action relating to a "Crossbar Artihmetic Processor," a computing device for processes such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and...

Thompson v. Shinseki

Government Benefits, Military Law
In an action for attorneys' fees brought by a veteran after grant of a joint motion for partial remand (JMR), the Veterans Court's denial of motion...

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. v. Cadbury Adams USA LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement suit between two competitors in the consumer market for chewing gum, regarding two patents both of which generally claim chewing...

Kam-Almaz v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought by a US citizen whose laptop computer was detained and destroyed by ICE when returning home from an overseas business trip,...

Alpha I, L.P. v. US

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In a case arising from two so-called "Son-of-BOSS" transactions, as well as a transaction involving charitable remainder unitrusts (CRUTs), the Court...

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

Patent, Remedies, Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property
In an infringement action, the district court's rulings are: 1) affirmed in part as to the opinion issued on February 10, 2012, except for section E...

Reeves v. Shinseki

Government Benefits, Administrative Law, Military Law
In an action by the surviving spouse of a veteran seeking service-connected disability benefits for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, appealing a...

Heinzelman v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Government Benefits, Health Law
In a a dispute over the amount of compensation petitioner is entitled to receive under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C....

Toshiba Corp. v. Imation Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents relating to optical disc technology, the district court's grant of summary judgment of non-infringement...