United States Federal Circuit - December 2014 Opinion Summaries

Fleming v. Escort, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement case, the district court's judgment upholding the jury verdict concerning two reissue patents, in which the jury found for...

Content Extraction and Transmission LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank

Patent, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property
In this case, plaintiff Content Extraction appeals from the dismissal of its patent infringement suit and cross-appellant Diebold appeals from the...

Aqua Shield v. Inter Pool Cover Team

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement case, plaintiff won summary judgment on their claim of infringement and that no claim was invalid. A bench trial...

Stryker Corporation v. Zimmer, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent litigation, judgment finding that plaintiff Stryker's patents were valid and were willfully infringed by defendant Zimmer is affirmed...

Belimo Automation A.G. v. US

International Trade
In this case, plaintiff challenges the judgment of the Court of International Trade classifying their imports as "electric motors" under subheading...

ABB Turbo Systems AG v. TurboUSA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In this case, plaintiffs allege that defendants violated state-law torts of misappropriation of trade secrets and engaged in conspiracy to...

University of Utah Research v. Ambry Genetics

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent litigation, plaintiff Myriad, owner of the '441, '282, and '492 patents which cover compositions of matter and methods relating to the...

In re St. Helena Hospital

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In this trademark litigation, the judgment of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affirming the examiner's rejection of St. Helena's application to...

Promega Corp v. Life Tech

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent litigation, summary judgment against defendant LifeTech finding that the asserted claims of plaintiff Promega's '660, '235, and '771...

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. v. US

Government Contracts
In this case, plaintiff has had a number of government contracts that are subject to the government Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) which govern the...