United States Federal Circuit - November 2012 Opinion Summaries

Arcelormittal France v. AK Steel Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit for infringement of a patent covering a boron steel sheet with an aluminum-based coating after rolling the sheet to its final thickness,...

Fox Group, Inc. v. Cree, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit for infringement of a patent directed to a method and apparatus of a low defect silicon carbide crystal, district court's grant of...

Revision Military, Inc. v. Balboa Mfg. Co.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Dress, Remedies
In a suit for infringement of patents directed to a design for protective goggles used by military establishments, law enforcement agencies, hunters...

Superior Indus., LLC v. Thor Global Enterprises Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark
In a suit for infringement of patents directed to a system that supports a portable conveyor assembly for transporting and stockpiling rock, sand,...

Eplus, Inc. v. Lawson Software, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit for infringement of a patent directed to a method for a system that enables businesses and organizations to use computer networks to...

Pitts v. Shinseki

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In a veteran's claim for disability benefits alleging various service-connected disorders, the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims...

Ritz Camera & Image, LLC v. Sandisk Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's antitrust suit on behalf of itself and a class of direct purchasers of NAND flash memory, alleging that defendant had fraudulently...

Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Drilling USA, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Oil and Gas Law
In a suit for infringement of patents directed to an improved apparatus for conducting offshore drilling, district court's grant of judgment as a...

Int'l Trade Comm'n v. SMC Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent, International Trade
In plaintiff's suit asserting that the importation or sale of defendants' devices alleged to infringe plaintiff's patents, which discloses a...

Hor v. Chu

Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiffs' suit asserting a claim for correction of inventorship of patents related to high temperature superconducting compositions, judgment of...