United States Federal Circuit - December 2016 Opinion Summaries

Gallegos v. Merit Systems Protection Board

Contracts
In an action for a petition for review of a final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board, judgment is affirmed where: 1) the petition is...

D'Agostino v. Mastercard Int'l, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent action, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Board's decision that two patents, dealing with processes for generating limited-use transaction...

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE v. US

Administrative Law, International Trade
In an appeal involving the U.S. Department of Commerce's review of imports of lightweight thermal paper from Germany, the Court of International...

Kyocera Solar, Inc. v. U.S. International Trade Commission

International Trade
In a case concerning antidumping duty investigations involving solar modules that incorporate crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, the court...

Int'l Custom Prods., Inc. v. US

International Trade, Attorney's Fees
In an attorney's fees portion of an international trade case involving classification of certain white sauce imports under the Harmonized Tariff...

Sandoval Lua v. US

Tax Law
In an action brought by taxpayers seeking a full refund from the IRS for overpayment, the U.S. Court of Federal grant of summary judgment in favor of...

U.S. Water Servs., Inc. v. Novozymes A/S

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving technology that relates to the production of ethyl alcohol (i.e., ethanol) from a milled grain, the district...

United Construction Prods., Inc. v. Tile Tech, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure
In an action alleging claims of patent infringement and unfair competition, the district court's grant of default judgment and a permanent injunction...

Medgraph, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving assigned patents directed to a method for improving and facilitating diagnosis and treatment of patients, whereby...

Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int'l, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action between competitors in the power supply controller chip market, involving the district court's judgement that: 1)...