United States Federal Circuit - April 2014 Opinion Summaries

Shell Oil Company v. US

Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In an action brought by plaintiff-oil companies alleging that the government is responsible for costs incurred by plaintiffs under the Comprehensive...

Apple Inc. v. Motorola, Inc.

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving multiple patents related to touchscreen and smartphone functions, judgment that neither side was entitled to...

Vaillancourt v. Becton Dickinson & Company

Intellectual Property, Patent
An appeal brought by plaintiff challenging the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that rejected all thirty-seven claims of the '221 patent,...

Gilbert v. Shinseki

Government Benefits, Health Law
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims properly affirmed the decision by the Board of Veterans Appeals to deny claimant's service...

Fine Furniture v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
In a countervailing duty (CVD) case under U.S. trade laws, the Court of International Trade's decision upholding the Department of Commerce's...

Checo v. Shinseki

Government Benefits, Government Law
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims' dismissal of claimant's appeal of an adverse disability determination is vacated and remanded,...

Braintree Laboratories, Inc. v. Novel Laboratories, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving defendant's request for approval to market a generic version of plaintiff's antiviral compounds covered by...

Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Natco Pharma Limited

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving defendant's request for approval to market a generic version of plaintiff's antiviral compounds covered by...

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit concerning the anti-hypertension drug Tarka, and defendant's generic counterpart, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed,...

DSM Desotech Inc. v. 3D Systems Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation
In an antitrust suit brought by a maker of resins for use in stereolithography (SL) against a maker of SL machines, the district court's grant of...