United States Federal Circuit - September 2013 Opinion Summaries

AZ v. Shinseki

Evidence, Government Benefits
The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims improperly rejected petitioners' claims seeking disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder...

Wolfchild v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action in which claimants allege that they belong to a group of descendants of Indians designated in the original appropriations acts which set...

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment finding defendants did not infringe plaintiff's patent directed to the active ingredient in the sleep medication drug Lunesta, is...

MeadWestVaco Corporation v. Rexam Beauty and Closures, Inc.

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment for plaintiffs in patent infringement suit involving patents for an invisible tube to be used in fragrance dispensers, is: 1) vacated in part...

Network Signatures, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendant that the '122 patent entitled "Intermediate Network Authentication," was not enforceable due to inequitable conduct, is...

Rambus Inc. v. Rea

Intellectual Property, Patent
The decision of the Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences holding invalid various claims of plaintiff's patent related to memory circuits is: 1)...

Del Monte Corporation v. US

Commercial Law, International Trade
The Court of International Trade's determination that plaintiff's imported merchandise, tuna products with sauce, was properly classified and valued,...

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC v. Secretary of the Interior

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over the interpretation of a series of contracts entered into by plaintiff and Minerals Management Service, a unit of defendant...

King v. OPM

Government Benefits
In an action involving a dispute over survivor annuity funds brought by decedent's second wife, petitioner, who had entered into a settlement...

Atar S.R.L. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
Judgment of the United States Court of International Trade which rejected calculations advanced by the Department of Commerce regarding, inter alia,...