United States Federal Circuit - October 2016 Opinion Summaries

Medtronic, Inc. v. Robert Bosch Healthcare Sys., Inc.

On petition for rehearing of a previous order that a determination by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to discontinue inter partes review proceedings...

In Re: Efthymiopoulos

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving an application relating to methods of treating or preventing influenza by administering the drug zanamivir by oral...

Synopsis, Inc. v. Mentor Graphics Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents that relate generally to the logic circuit design process, the District Court's grant of summary judgment...

Poly America, L.P. v. API Indus., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action about disavowal of claim scope, involving a patent that contains clear and unequivocal statements that the inventor intended...

Cleaton v. Dep't of Justice

Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal of the Merit Systems Protection Board's decision sustaining petitioner's removal from his position as Correctional Officer pursuant to 5...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology v. Shire Pharms., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents directed to three-dimensional scaffolding for growing cells in vitro to produce organ tissue in vivo, the...

Fair Warning IP, LLC v. Iatric Systems, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement suit involving a patent that discloses ways to detect fraud and misuse by identifying unusual patterns in users' access of...

Viet I-Mei Frozen Foods Co., Ltd v. US

International Trade
In an appeal of the decision of the Court of International Trade (CIT) affirming the U.S. Department of Commerce's final results in the reconducted...

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

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement and countersuit between Apple and Samsung involving patents for mobile phone devices, the District Court's a) grant of summary...

US Magnesium LLC v. US

Administrative Law, International Trade
In an antidumping duty case, United States Court of International Trade's judgment sustaining the Department of Commerce’s final determination in an...