United States Federal Circuit - June 2013 Opinion Summaries

Wyeth v. Abbott Laboratories

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendant that claims 1 and 2 of plaintiff's '781 patent and claim 1 of plaintiff's '146 patent, which relate to methods for...

Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment for plaintiff in patent infringement suit based on two jury verdicts finding that defendant directly and indirectly infringed specified...

Glenn Defense Marine v. US

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
Judgment of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for defendants is affirmed, where plaintiff failed to establish that the award of the government contract...

AMS Associates, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Law, International Trade
In challenge by plaintiff to the application of a People's Republic of China wide rate to its affiliate, a firm making covered merchandise in the...

Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent, Media Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit alleging infringement of its '545 patent involving a method for distributing copyrighted products over the Internet...

Tierney v. Department of Justice

Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) denying petitioner's request for corrective action with respect to days for which he...

Novo Nordisk Inc. v. Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court's decision holding that claim 4 of plaintiff's patent ('358 patent) involving pharmaceuticals used in the treatment of Type II...

Levi Strauss & Co. v. Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Dismissal of plaintiff's challenge to defendant's registrations of a stitching design for use on a wide range of clothing, at the Patent and Trademark...

Robert Bosch, LLC v. Pylon Manufacturing Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
28 U.S.C. section 1292(c)(2) confers jurisdiction on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to entertain appeals from patent infringement...

Pirkl v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
Judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming a decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals that claimant's late husband...