United States Federal Circuit - February 2017 Opinion Summaries

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Ctr. v. Eli Lily and Co.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board holding all claims of a patent, which claims a method of arresting or regressing a...

Eli Lily and Co. v. Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Ctr.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of inter partes review of the claims of a pharaceutical patent for anticipation by prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's...

Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. v. Strava, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of inter partes reexamination of several claims of a patent entitled 'Methods and Systems for Controlling an Exercise Apparatus Using a...

Secure Axcess, LLC v. PNC Bank Nat'l Ass'n

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a challenge to a Final Written Decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reaffirming its determination that the patent at issue -- relating to...

Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. v. The Toro Co.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement suit brought by a manufacturer of commercial riding lawnmowers involving a patent which discloses a suspended operator platform for...

Fedora v. MSPB

Administrative Law
In a petition for review of a final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board dismissing his appeal for lack of jurisdiction, brought by a former...

Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. v. US

International Trade
In a case arising from the U.S. Department of Commerce's antidumping-duty investigation of multilayered wood flooring imports from the People's...

Xilinx, Inc. v. Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action seeking declaratory judgment against defendant, a non-practicing entity that is solely in the business of monetizing and licensing...

Organik Kimya v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, International Trade
In a case involves trade secrets relating to opaque polymers, which are hollow spheres used as paint additives for interior and exterior paints to...

Personal Web Techs., LLC v. Apple, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of inter partes review of certain claims of a patent that describes and claims methods (or devices for carrying out methods) of locating...