United States Federal Circuit - June 2014 Opinion Summaries

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. v. Stryker Corporation

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment in favor of defendants holding they did not infringe asserted claims of plaintiff's patents, which are directed to systems and...

Ceats, Inc. v. Continental Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action, the district court's denial of plaintiff's motion for relief from the judgment finding its patents invalid pursuant...

Chemsol, LLC v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
The United States Court of International Trade's (CIT) dismissal of plaintiff's case challenging the United States Customs and Border Protection's...

In Re: Nordic Naturals, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision rejecting the application to register "CHILDREN'S DHA," in standard characters, for nutritional...

Augme Technologies, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff's claims of infringement of its patents that disclose functionality to a webpage, judgment that...

Fedmet Resources Corp. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
The final decision of the U.S. Court of International Trade denying plaintiff's motion for judgment upon the agency record and affirming the...

Riddell, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
The Court of International Trade's decision upholding of the classification of plaintiff's imported football jerseys, pants, and girdles as "articles...

Gemalto S.A. v. HTC Corp

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action in which plaintiff alleges infringement of various claims of its three patents designed to allow...

Marcum LLP v. US

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's Fifth Amendment takings claim seeking compensation for unpaid legal fees incurred for work rendered as a court-appointed...

Triton Tech of Texas, LLC v. Nintendo of America, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action in which plaintiff alleges that defendant's Wii Remote used in combination with a related accessory infringes plaintiff's '181 patent,...