United States Federal Circuit - September 2016 Opinion Summaries

Lyda v. CBS Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent , the District Court's dismissal of the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) is...

Intellectual Ventures I, LLP v. Symantec Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Cyberspace Law
In an infringement action involving patents directed to methods of screening emails and other data files for unwanted content, the District Court's...

Drone Technologies, Inc. v. Parrot, S.A.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents directed to systems for remotely controlled machines, the District Court's judgment and damage award to...

Sigma-Tau HealthScience, Inc. v. US

International Trade
In a Customs case concerns the classification of two chemical products, both stabilized forms of the compound carnitine, which were imported into the...

Cox Communications Inc. v. Sprint Communications Co. LP

Intellectual Property, Patent, Communications Law
In an infringement action involving patents that relate to developments in voice-over-IP technology, the District Court's judgment that the claims...

Affinity Labs of Texas, Inc. v. Amazon.com Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving a patent directed to a 'method for targeted advertising' in which an advertisement is selected for delivery...

Affinity Labs of Texas, Inc. v. DirectTV, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent directed to streaming regional broadcast signals to cellular telephones located outside the region served...

Server Technology, Inc. v. American Power Conversion Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents related to intelligent power distribution units (PDUs) that digitally display the amount of power being...

ClassCo, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in inter partes reexamination of a patent which discusses technology that identifies...

Westerngeco L.L.C. v. ION Geophysical Corp.

Remedies, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action on vacatur and remand from the U.S. Supreme Court for further consideration in light of Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse...