United States Federal Circuit - November 2015 Opinion Summaries

Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. Sipnet EU S.R.O.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action challenging findings in a petition for inter partes review in which the Patent Trial and Appeal Board cancelled numerous claims of a...

Siemens Energy, Inc. v. US

International Trade
In action challenging the International Trade Commission's (ITC) final affirmative injury determination in the antidumping and countervailing duty...

Normandy Apartments, Ltd. v. US

Property Law & Real Estate, Government Contracts, Contracts
In a suit filed under the Tucker Act by the seller of an apartment complex that had Section 8 rental subsidy agreements with the U.S. Department of...

Arisosa Diagnostic v. Verinata Health, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of an interpartes review in an infringement action involving a patent for noninvasive prenatal testing for the presence of fetal...

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

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement case involving ubiquitous internet network technology, the en banc's reversal of the district court's grant of JMOL of...

Inphi Corp. v. Netlist, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of an inter partes reexamination of a patent related to computer system memory modules, in which the examiner first rejected certain...

Mulder v. McDonald

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits
In an appeal by a veteran-plaintiff contesting the VA's reduction of disability compensation benefits after he was incarcerated as a result of a...

Advanced Steel Recovery, LLC v. X-Body Equipment, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent describing systems and methods of loading shipping containers with bulk material for storage or...

Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v. Roxane Laboratories, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents related to the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the district court's judgment, finding the...

Fidelity and Guaranty Ins. Underwriters, Inc. v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. section 1491(a)(1), seeking reimbursement from the government for legal expenses and settlement costs...