United States Federal Circuit - November 2013 Opinion Summaries

Res-Care, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
The decision of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims interpreting the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to allow the U.S. Department of Labor to select a...

Prinkey v. Shinseki

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
The decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims sustaining the severance of service connection for claimant's diabetes mellitus...

Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Dress, International Law
The district court's denial of plaintiff's request for a permanent injunction to enjoin defendants' infringement of several of plaintiff's design and...

The Ohio Willow Wood Co. v. Alps South, LLC

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving plaintiff's patent for a cushioning device that goes over the residual stumps of amputated limbs to make the...

Sanofi-Aventis v. Pfizer Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences awarding priority of invention to Pfizer based on an interference count involving a DNA...

Wilton Industries v. US

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, International Trade
The decision of the United States Court of International Trade on summary judgment classifying decorative paper punches from Taiwan as "perforating...

Integrated Technology Corp. v. Rudolph Technologies, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court's judgment that defendant infringes plaintiff's patent related to inspection equipment for probe cards used to test chips on...

Lifescan Scotland, Ltd. v. Shasta Technologies, LLC

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court's decision granting a preliminary injunction in favor of plaintiffs prohibiting defendants from making, using, or selling its blood...