United States Federal Circuit - January 2014 Opinion Summaries

EnOcean GmbH v. Face International Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
An order of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences finding all of claimant's patent claims for a self-powered switch unpatentable, is vacated...

Banks v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of an action brought by plaintiffs, thirty-seven lakefront property owners seeking just compensation under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S....

Adams and Associates, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The orders of the United States Court of Federal Claims, which denied plaintiff's motion for judgment on the administrative record and granted the...

Wind Tower Trade v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
The decision of the U.S. Court of International Trade denying plaintiff's motions for preliminary injunctions to enjoin antidumping and countervailing...

Medtronic Corevalve, LLC . Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment in favor of defendant that certain claims of plaintiff' '281 patent for a prosthetic valve are invalid, is affirmed, where the...

Novartis AG v. Focarino

Intellectual Property, Patent
In suits challenging the determinations by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) of how much time to add, under 35 U.S.C. section 154(b), to the...

Mitchell v. Merit Systems Protection Board

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal by the Merit Systems Protection Board of petitioner's appeal of her removal from her position as an Assistant United States Attorney is...

Proveris Scientific Corp. v. Innovasystems, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In a patent infringement action involving a mechanism for evaluating aerosol spray plumes, the district court's judgments holding defendant in...

In Re: Giannelli

Intellectual Property, Patent
The decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirming the rejection of claims 1–25 of the '261 patent application for a rowing machine as...

In Re: Enhanced Security Research, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
The decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences affirming the Patent and Trademark Office examiner's rejection of claims 1-5 and 7-19...