United States Federal Circuit - February 2016 Opinion Summaries

Luminara Worldwide, LLC v. Liown Elec. Co. Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of a preliminary injunction barring defendant from supplying distributors with artificial candle products that infringe Disney...

Parkinson v. Dep't of Justice

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a preference eligible veteran, challenging a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board sustaining his removal as a...

Eon Corp. IP Holdings LLC v. Silver Spring Networks, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement suit involving patents relating to networks for two-way interactive communications, the district court's judgment is reversed where...

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

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal arising from a patent infringement suit and countersuit involving multiple patents relating to smartphone technology, the district...

ACCO Brands Corp. v. Fellowes, Inc.

Patent, Intellectual Property
In an appeal of inter partes examination involving a patent for a paper shredder that prevents paper jams using a combination of two sensors, the...

Zoltek Corp. v. US

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action seeking compensation from the US for use, with the authorization and consent of the Departments of the Air Force and Navy, of the...

The Ohio Willow Wood Co. v. Alps South, LLC

Remedies, Intellectual Property, Patent
In the latest installment of a long-running dispute between two manufacturers of prosthetic limb accessories, brought by the owner of a group of...

McMillan v. Dep't of Justice

Labor & Employment Law
In an action for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board decision denying his request for corrective action under the Uniformed Services...

Lismont v. Alexander Binzel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an inventorship dispute involving a patent directed to a method of manufacturing a contact tip for use in metal inert gas welding, the district...

Hayden v. Dep't of the Air Force

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law, Administrative Law
In a petition seeking review of the Merit Systems Protection Board decision denying his request for corrective action under the Uniformed Services...