United States Federal Circuit - March 2016 Opinion Summaries

Shaw Indus. Group, Inc. v. Automated Creel Sys., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In appeals from the US Patent and Trademark Office's (PTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board's final written decision in consolidated inter partes reviews...

MAG Aerospace Indus., Inc. v. B/E Aerospace, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action concerning vacuum toilets, such as those that are commonly found on commercial aircrafts, the district court's...

Biery v. US

Property Law & Real Estate, Attorney's Fees
In consolidated cases brought by landowners alleged that the government had taken their land without just compensation in violation of the Fifth...

Hicks v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board dismissing her individual right of action (IRA) appeal for lack of...

In re: Cree, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of ex parte proceeding involving a patent directed to the production of white light through the 'down-conversion' of blue light from...

Acorda Therapeutics Inc. v. Mylan Pharms. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In an appeal involving two separate actions brought under 35 U.S.C. section 271(e)(2) in the District of Delaware against generic drug manufacturer...

Dell, Inc. v. Acceleron, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of inter partes review of a patent which discloses a computer-network appliance containing several hardware modules that can be removed...

Halo Creative & Design Ltd. v. Comptoir Des Indes, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent, Trademark
In a suit brought by a furniture manufacturer in Hong Kong asserting Canadian defendants infringed their intellectual property and violated Illinois...

Klees-Wallace v. FCC

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal of an arbitration opinion and interim award of damages, which determined petitioner was deprived of certain procedural rights during her...

Bamberg v. Dalvey

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's consolidated interference proceeding decision refusing to allow the claims of four patent...