United States Federal Circuit - December 2015 Opinion Summaries

Redline Detection LLC v. Star Envirotech, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of the inter partes review (IPR) decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), which denied plaintiff's motion to submit...

Rogers v. US

Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation, Government Law
In a consolidated appeal arising from claims by abutting landowners that the United States effected a taking of their property without just...

Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, in an infringement action related to a method of providing faster and more reliable handoffs of mobile devices...

In re Tam

Intellectual Property, Trademark, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law
In a challenge to Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, which bars the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) from registering scandalous, immoral, or...

South Alabama Med. Science Found. v. Gnosis S.P.A.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a companion case to Merck & Cie v. Gnosis S.p.A., No. 14-1777 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 17, 2015), challenging the findings of the Patent Trial and Appeals...

Merck & Cie v. Gnosis S.P.A.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision that the contested claims of plaintiff's patent are invalid for obviousness, are...

In re: DiStefano

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's rejection under 35 U.S.C. section 102 for anticipation of certain claims within plaintiff's...

Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Remedies, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an alleging infringement of five patents directed to smartphone and tablet interfaces, the district court's order denying Apple's request for a...

Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. US

Administrative Law, International Trade
Appeal by two companies found by the Department of Commerce to have sold imported goods in the US at less than fair value (i.e. dumping), Commerce's...

Prolitec, Inc. v. ScentAir Technologies, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal arising out of inter partes review of a patent that relates to a cartridge for use with "diffusion devices," commonly known as air...