United States Federal Circuit - May 2015 Opinion Summaries

Paluck v. Sec'y of Health and Human Servs.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In the government's appeal of a decision by the Court of Federal Claims setting aside a special master's findings of fact and conclusions of law and...

Schaeffler Group USA, Inc. v. US

Constitutional Law, International Trade
The Court of International Trade's dismissal of an action bringing a Fifth Amendment Due Process challenge to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset...

Apple v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Dress
In an infringement case involving intellectual property related to the iPhone,a jury verdict finding that Samsung infringed Apple's design and utility...

Princeton Vanguard, LLC v. Frito-Lay N. Am., Inc.

In an appeal of a final decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board cancelling registration of the mark PRETZEL CRISPS for pretzel crackers on...

Mercier v. US

Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by nurses employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, claiming entitlement to overtime pay under 38 U.S.C. section 7453(e)(1),...

Salem Financial, Inc. v. US

International Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In a case involving U.S. tax treatment of several aspects of plaintiff's involvement in the Structured Trust Advantaged Repackaged Securities (STARS)...

Archuleta v. Hopper

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) petition for review of a Merit Systems Protection Board decision that an individual who meets the definition of...

Akami Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
On remand from the U.S Supreme Court, the district court's judgment that Limelight did not directly infringe a patent is again affirmed where: 1)...

Classen Immuniotherapies, Inc. v. Elan Pharms., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action, the district court's summary judgment that defendant did not infringe the patent, based on the safe harbor provision of 35...

Resource Invenstments, Inc. v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging a Fifth Amendment takings claim based on the denial of a federal permit under section 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C....