United States Federal Circuit - October 2014 Opinion Summaries

Halo Electronics v. Pulse Electronics

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement action, summary judgment in favor of defendant Pulse is affirmed, where: 1) because Pulse did not sell or offer to sell...

IRIS v. Japan Airlines

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement action, plaintiff alleges that defendant-airline infringed upon its ‘506 security identification patent by examining the...

Wrocklage v. DHS

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Labor & Employment Law
Removal of petitioner Wrocklage from his position as Customs and Border Protection Officer at defendant Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is...

World Class Technology v. Ormco

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement action, plaintiff Ormco alleges that defendant infringed their ‘896 patent, an orthodontic braces patent. Judgment of...

Anticancer v. Pfizer

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement action, summary judgment of non infringement based on a finding that plaintiff’s Preliminary Infringement Contentions were...

Cardsoft v. Verifone

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement case, plaintiff alleges that defendants infringed two software patents for small, specialized computers. Judgment of...

Victoria's Secret Direct v. US

International Trade
In this Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) classification action, plaintiff Victoria’s Secret Direct alleges that the Court of...

Robert Bosch v. Snap-On Incorporated

Intellectual Property, Patent
District court’s holding that all claims in the ‘313 patent are invalid as indefinite is affirmed, where the terms “program recognition device” and...

SSL Services v. Citrix Systems

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement action involving multi-tier virtual private networks, the district court’s judgment of non-infringement of the ‘796...