United States Federal Circuit - April 2015 Opinion Summaries

Haynes v. McDonald

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Decision of the Veterans Court affirming the Board of Veterans' Appeals denial of petitioner's request to reopen her request for Dependency and...

Biosig Instruments, Inc. v. Nautilus, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent directed to a heart monitor associated with exercise equipment, on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court,...

Info-Hold, Inc. v. Muzak LLC

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute relating to patents directed at systems, apparatuses and methods for playing music and messages through telephones and public speaker...

Giorgio Foods, Inc. v. US

Agriculture, Constitutional Law, International Trade
In an First Amendment action brought by the largest domestic producer of mushrooms for compensation under the Byrd Amendment, related to an...

Info-Hold, Inc. v. Applied Media Technologies Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute involving patents directed to systems, apparatuses and methods for playing music and messages through telephones and public speaker...

SUFI Network Services v. US

Government Contracts
In a dispute in which the Air Force breached a contract with plaintiff-telephone network provider and then failed for six months to respond to...

Palladian Partners, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Contracts
In a government bid case seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NDIA), the Court Federal Claims grant...

Toomer v. McDonald

Government Benefits
In an action by a veteran to secure benefits for his back injury that was purportedly connected to an in-service injury, the Veterans Court's...

In re Tam

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark appeal brought by an Asian dance rock band seeking to register its name THE SLANTS, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board decision...

vonRosenberg v. Lawrence

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a dispute between two clergymen, each believing himself to be the proper leader of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South...