United States Federal Circuit - July 2012 Opinion Summaries

01 Communique Lab., Inc. v. LogMeIn, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit for patent infringement, related to a technology that enables one computer to access another computer remotely via the Internet, district...

Grober v. Mako Prod. Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law
In a patent infringement suit related to a platform stabilizing a camera for filming motion pictures from moving vehicles, the district court's...

Novo Nordisk v. Caraco Pharm. Lab.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Judgement Enforcement
In a patent suit involving a use code related to a method for treating non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, the district court's issuance of a...

In re Antor Media Corp.

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
The decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) rejecting on reexamination the...

Bancorp Serv., L.L.C. v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada

Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit involving specifications disclosing systems and methods for administering and tracking the value of life insurance...

Rates Tech. Inc. v. Mediatrix Telecom, Inc.

Communications Law, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In a patent infringement suit related to systems for minimizing the cost of placing long-distance telephone calls, district court's order imposing...

Estate of E. Wayne Hage v. US

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' suit against the government seeking compensation for a Fifth Amendment taking of private property, breach of contract, and range...

Rocha v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) dismissing a petition for review as untimely, arising from a finding by an administrative...

Wi-LAN, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
District court's order of contempt sanctions imposed upon a plaintiff-law firm, arising from a patent dispute involving "V-chip" technology for...

LOCANE V. SEC. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administrative Law, Health Law
In a petition for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 300aa-1 to -34 (2006), alleging that plaintiff...