United States Federal Circuit - January 2015 Opinion Summaries

Dongtai Peak Honey Industry Co, Ltd. v. US

International Trade
In an appeal of an antidumping duty order imposed on honey imported from China, the Court of International Trade's denial of Motion for Judgment on...

In re Kevin R. Imes

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent action involving Kevin Imes's patent application directed to a device for communicating digital camera image and video information over...

Downhole Pipe & Equipment v. US

Commercial Law, International Trade
In this international trade case involving the initiation of an antidumping investigation of plaintiff drill producer's green tube production, the...

Moffitt v. McDonald

Government Benefits, Military Law
In this case involving hypothetical entitlement, the decision of the Veterans Court affirming the Board of Veterans Appeals decision denying...

Shenyang Yuanda Aluminum Engineering Co. v. US

Commercial Law, International Trade
Judgment of the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) affirming the Department of Commerce's determination that curtain wall units are...

In re The Newbridge Cutlery Company

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In this trademark action, the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board affirming the Trademark Examiner's refusal to register applicant The...

Neurorepair, Inc. v. Nath Law Group

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Legal Malpractice
In this legal malpractice case involving patent law representation, the judgment of the district court is vacated and remanded with instructions to...

Higbie v. US

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim for money damages against the United States Government for alleged breach of a confidentiality provision in an...

Bard Peripheral Vascular v. W.L. Gore & Associates

Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent infringement action, the district court determined that plaintiffs established standing and that their '135 patent was willfully...

Delano Farms Company v. California Table Grape Commission

Agriculture, Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent litigation, plaintiffs filed suit against defendants U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Table Grape Commission seeking...