United States Federal Circuit - September 2014 Opinion Summaries

EMD Millipore Corporation v. AllPure Technologies, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent litigation involving an alleged infringement of the asserted claims of the '543 patent by defendant's device for introducing or...

American Calcar v. American Honda Motor Co.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent litigation involving patents '497, '465, and '795, which describe and claim aspects of a multimedia system used to access vehicle...

uPI Semiconductor Corporation v. ITC

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
Ruling of the International Trade Commission that respondent-intervenor uPI violated the Consent Order as to the imports known as "formerly accused...

Benefit Funding Systems v. Advance America Cash

Intellectual Property, Patent
Stay of patent infringement litigation pending covered business method (CBM) review of the asserted claims relating to a system and method for...

Carroll v. McDonald

Government Benefits
Denial of Carroll's claim to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits is affirmed, where: 1) Carroll was married to a veteran until his...

SCA Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby Products

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement action, in which plaintiff-SCA sued competitor First Quality for infringement of the '646 patent, which relates to certain...

US v. Trek Leather, Inc.

Commercial Law, International Trade
Judgment of the Court of International Trade holding defendant liable for understating the value of his imported merchandise and thereby reducing...

Mukand, Ltd. v. US

Commercial Law, International Trade
Decision of the Court of International Trade affirming the Department of Commerce's (Commerce) application of adverse facts available in its...

VirnetX, inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement action, judgment and award in favor of plaintiffs is: 1) affirmed as to the jury's finding that none of the asserted...

SRA International v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
Dismissal of plaintiff's bid protest, alleging that the General Services Administration (GSA) violated various laws by waiving an organizational...