United States Federal Circuit - August 2013 Opinion Summaries

Trading Technologies International v. Open E Cry, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendants in patent infringement action related to software used for electronic trading on a commodities exchange, is reversed...

Aevoe Corp. v. AE Tech Co., LTD

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving a patent directed to a touch screen protector for electronic devices, an appeal from the district court's...

Carson v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The dismissal of a petition for compensation on behalf of petitioners' son under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (Vaccine Act) is affirmed,...

Kaplan v. Conyers

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) holding that the Supreme Court’s decision in Department of the Navy v. Egan, 484 U.S. 518...

University of Utah v. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In suit to correct inventorship of the "Tuschl Patents," the district court's denial of defendants' motion to dismiss is affirmed, where: 1) the...

Itochu Building Products v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
Dismissal of plaintiff's challenge to a ruling of the Department of Commerce as to the effective date determination of its antidumping-duty order...

Ashley Furniture Industries v. US

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, International Law
The decisions of the Court of International Trade dismissing plaintiffs' complaints seeking compensation pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy...

Gargiulo v. Dept. of Homeland Security

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action brought by a former federal air marshal challenging the System Protection Board decision affirming the indefinite suspension from the...

Middleton v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Veterans Court decision affirming the Board of Veterans Court of Appeals denying a disability rating in excess of 20% for his service connected...

Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Sunbeam Products, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents related to slow cookers, the district court's ruling is affirmed where the asserted claims are invalid...