United States Federal Circuit - March 2017 Opinion Summaries

Meridian Products, LLC v. US

Administrative Law, International Trade
In the Government's challenge to the Court of International Trade's (CIT) third remand determination that certain aluminum trim kits do not fall...

In Re: Chudik

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's determination that certain claims of a patent, which describes an invention related to rotator...

Univ. of Utah v. Max-Plank-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Wissenschaften E.V.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Attorney's Fees
In an attorney's fees portion of an underlying infringement suit involving patents which relate to the field of RNA interference, a process for...

TVIIM, LLC v. McAfee, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent that describes a security system which identifies security vulnerabilities and discrepancies for a...

Boyd v. Office of Personnel Management

Government Benefits, Administrative Law
In a government benefits case brought by a mail processor for the United States Postal Service who had applied for immediate retirement based on...

Reoforce, Inc. v. US

Property Law & Real Estate, Constitutional Law
In a takings case, involving the question of whether the Government prevented plaintiff from mining on a tract of land in California for over a decade...

Bayer Cropscience AG v. Dow Agrosciences LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent, Attorney's Fees
In an attorney fees portion of a patent infringement suit, related to soybeans genetically engineered to tolerate herbicide, and, particularly, to the...

Mentor Graphics Corp. v. EVE-USA, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infrigment action involving patents related to debugging source code after synthesis, which is the process of transforming Hardware...

Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co. Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal from an inter partes review of a patent that discloses a system for controlling the torque of an electromagnetic motor, the Patent Trial...

Rusian Recovery Fund Ltd. v. US

Tax Law
In a suit seeking readjustment of partnership items pursuant to the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA), I.R.C. sections 6221-6233...