United States Federal Circuit - April 2016 Opinion Summaries

Two Shields v. US

Class Actions, Indian Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action brought by Native American plaintiffs seeking redress for themselves and other Native Americans in connection with the government's...

Sneed v. McDonald

Government Benefits, Administrative Law
In an appeal of the Veterans Appeals Board denial of claimant's claim for dependency and indemnity compensation, finding it was untimely filed and...

Mankes v. Vivid Seats, Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a 'divided infringement' action alleging defendant's operation of Internet-based reservation systems, in conjunction with the operation of local...

Jiaxing Brother Fastener Co, Ltd. v. US

International Trade
In an appeal of a U.S. Court of International Trade that affirmed a U.S. Department of Commerce determination to select Thailand as the surrogate...

In re: Man Machine Interface Technologies LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirming the examiner's rejection of certain claims of a patent directed to a...

Sport Dimension, Inc. v. The Coleman Co., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Evidence, Patent
In defendant's appeal from a stipulated judgment of noninfringement entered by the District Court, challenging the court's claim construction on which...

Genetic Technologies Ltd. v. Merial L.L.C.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In an infringement suit involving a patent which relates to methods of detecting genetic variations, the district court's grant of defendants' motions...

Miller v. FDIC

Government Benefits, Administrative Law
In an appeal of the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board denying plaintiff's request for remedial relief under the Veterans Employment...

Rembrant Vision Technologies, L.P. v. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent related to contact lenses, in which the jury returned a verdict of noninfringement and the district...

Veterans Justice Group, LLC v. Sec'y Veterans Affairs

Government Benefits, Administrative Law
In petitions for review, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. section 502, challenging the validity of a Final Rule issued in 2014 by the Department of Veterans...