United States Federal Circuit - May 2013 Opinion Summaries

Bush v. US

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-taxpayers' refund suit by the Court of Federal Claim is affirmed, where: 1) under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility...

Ateliers de la Haute-Garonne v. Broet Je Automation USA Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Dress
In action in which plaintiff asserted counts of patent infringement, trade dress infringement, unfair competition, and intentional interference with...

Douglas Dynamics v. Buyers Products Company

Intellectual Property, Patent
In action alleging infringement of several of plaintiff's patents related to snowplow mounting assemblies: 1) summary judgment of non-infringement of...

Alexsam, Inc. v. IDT Corporation

Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
Judgment that certain of defendant's systems infringed claims of plaintiff's patent related to a system for activating multifunction cards using a...

Aventis Pharmaceuticals v. Amino Chemicals Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment of non-infringement of plaintiff's patent related to the active ingredient in the antihistamine Allegra is reversed and remanded, where the...

Dey, LP v. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim of infringement of its patents on pharmaceutical products to treat lung disease is reversed and...

Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Law, International Trade
Judgment of the U.S. Court of International Trade sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's calculation of plaintiff's separate rate margin...

NSK Corporation v. US International Trade Commission

International Trade
The Court of International Trade's final judgment affirming the U.S. International Trade Commission's decisions, issued under protest, to revoke the...

Forrester Environmental v. Wheelabrator Technologies

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's state law business tort claims is vacated and remanded, where the district court lacked subject matter...

Motiva, LLC v. International Trade Commission

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, International Trade
In action in which plaintiff alleged that Nintendo's Wii infringed its patents, and Nintendo's selling and importation of the Wii in the United States...