United States Federal Circuit - September 2012 Opinion Summaries

Pozen Inc v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's suit for patent infringement and injunctive relief, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) defendants failed to rebut the...

In re Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.

Patent, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property
In an appeal from ex parte reexamination proceedings in which the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences rejected Abbott's patent claims that...

Mathews Int'l Corp. v. Biosafe Eng'g, LLC

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's suit for declaratory and injunctive relief of noninfringement and invalidity of defendant's patents directed to the application of...

In re Droge

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences affirming the rejection of claims of the '772 patent application, directed to methods of...

Wolfsen Land & Cattle Co. v. Pac. Coast Fed'n of Fishermen's Ass'n.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a suit filed by property owners claiming that the government's releases of water from a dam in central California unlawfully impaired their...

Outside the Box Innovations, LLC v. Travel Caddy, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action for infringement of patented tool carry cases, the judgment of the district court is: 1) reversed in part where there was not clear and...

Tip Top Constr., Inc. v. Donahoe

Administrative Law, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts
In plaintiff's dispute against the Postal Service arising from a contract for renovation and alteration of postal facilities in the U.S. Virgin...

Medtronic Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a medical device and equipment manufacturer's suit seeking declaratory judgment of noninfringement and invalidity of patents related to a device...

Evans v. US

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a landowner's Rails-to-Trails takings suit against the government on behalf of herself and similarly situated persons in several states, the...

1st Media, LLC v. Electronic Arts, Inc.

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action for infringement of patents related to an entertainment system for use in purchasing and storing songs, videos, and multimedia karaoke...