United States Federal Circuit - October 2012 Opinion Summaries

Flo Healthcare Solutions, LLC v. Kappos

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an inter partes reexamination of a patent describing a mobile computer workstation intended for medical care environments, the decision of the...

Tech. Patents LLC v. T-Mobile Czech Republic A.S.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's suit against more than 100 domestic and foreign defendants for infringement of patents related to a global paging system utilizing a...

Cent. Pines Land Co., LLC. v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' takings suit against the United States, alleging that they were the owners of all oil, gas, and other minerals underlying property...

Bowers Inv. Co. LLC v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for nonpayment and underpayment of rent, the judgment of the United States Court of...

Energy Transp. Group, Inc. v. William Demant Holdings A/S

Remedies, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action for infringement of patents related to technology for reducing acoustic feedback in a programmable digital hearing aid, judgment of the...

Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In Apple's patent infringement suit against Samsung alleging that Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone infringes eight of Apple's patents, district...

Sandisk Corp. v. Kingston Tech. Co., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit for infringement of patents related to various aspects of flash memory used, for example, in USB "thumb drives," computers, smart phones,...

Beer v. US

Judges & Judiciary, Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an en banc review of a suit brought by current and former Article III judges claiming that Congress violated the Compensation Clause by withholding...

In re Miracle Tuesday, LLC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
Decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affirming the trademark examining attorney's refusal to register the mark JPK PARIS 75 and design is...

Belkin Int'l, Inc. v. Kappos

Intellectual Property, Patent
A decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United States Patent and Trademark Office that it lacked jurisdiction to consider...