United States Federal Circuit - December 2012 Opinion Summaries

Abrams v. Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Judges & Judiciary, Labor & Employment Law
The decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board upholding petitioner's removal from his position as an Administrative Law Judge is affirmed where...

C.W. Zumbiel Co., Inc. v. Kappos

Intellectual Property, Patent
The decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's inter partes reexamination of a patent directed to a carton or box which holds...

Stephen Slesinger, Inc. v. Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Trademark, Contracts, Entertainment Law
In plaintiff's challenge to the trademark rights related to Winnie-the-Pooh and other characters owned by Disney Enterprises, the Trademark Trial and...

Road & Highway Builders, LLC v. US

Government Law, Tax Law
In plaintiff's suit against the United States seeking return of a $100,000 release payment, alleging that the IRS acted in bad faith when it entered...

In re Marsha Fox

Intellectual Property, Trademark
The decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affirming the examiner's refusal to register petitioner's mark, "Cock-Sucker" in connection with...

Presidio Components, Inc. v. Am. Technical Ceramics Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a suit for infringement of patents related to electronic components used in electrical systems including consumer electronics, mobile phones, and...

IGT v. Alliance Gaming Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Gaming Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute over several patents related to "wheel games," a type of casino gaming machine containing a secondary bonus game incorporating a spinning...

Intel Corp. v. Negotiated Data Solutions, Inc.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute over several patents related to semiconductor technology, district court's grant of summary judgment of license and noninfringement in...

Changzhou Wujin Fine Chemical Factory Co. Ltd. v. US

Government Law, International Trade, Commercial Law
In an antidumping duty case involving the import of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphoric acid from China, the judgment of the United States Court of...

In re Rosuvastin Calcium Patent Litig.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiffs' suit against generic drug producers for infringement of a patent related to a drug used for controlling cholesterol and for treatment...