United States Federal Circuit - December 2013 Opinion Summaries

Allergan, Inc. v. Athena Cosmetics, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment holding that defendant violated California's unfair competition law (UCL) by marketing, distributing and selling, without regulatory...

Institut Pasteur & Universite v. Focarino

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Plaintiff's appeal from the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences' rejection of certain claims of plaintiff's patents, which claim methods and...

US v. Great American Insurance

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Insurance Law, International Trade
In an action by the government in the Court of International Trade seeking payment of anti-dumping duties covered by surety bonds that...

Kilopass Technology, Inc. v. Sidense Corporation

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
Following entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff's patent infringement claims, the district court's denial of defendant's motion...

Motorola Mobility, LLC v. International Trade Commission

Intellectual Property, Patent, International Trade
The International Trade Commission's determination that defendant violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, by importing and selling mobile...

Wyodak Resources v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking a refund of a portion of the reclamation fees plaintiff had paid for coal that it produced from 1980 to 2006, pursuant to the fee...

CBT Flint Partners, LLC v. Return Path, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, the district court's award of costs to defendants after prevailing on the merits, which the clerk taxed at $49,824.60...

AMS Associates, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
The decision of the United States Court of International Trade reversing the final results of a second administrative review of an anti-dumping duty...

Suprema, Inc. v. International Trade Commission

Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, International Trade
The International Trade Commission's (ITC) limited exclusion order barring importation of optical scanning devices and a related cease and desist...

Stueve Bros. Farms, LLC v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Court of Federal Claims properly concluded that the government's conduct in this case did not constitute a taking, where the government never...