United States Federal Circuit - June 2017 Opinion Summaries

Adams v. US

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Affirming the grant of the government's partial motion to dismiss in a case involving current and former employees of the United States Secret Service...

Nantkwest, Inc. v. Matal

Intellectual Property, Patent, Attorney's Fees
The denial of attorneys fees to the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) was reversed because attorney's fees were...

Storer v. Clark

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent interference case relating to a treatment for hepatitis C, the district court's judgment is affirmed where the appellant's provisional...

Nexlearn LLC v. Allen Interactions Inc.

Civil Procedure, Patent, Contracts
In a suit alleging patent infringement and breach of contract the court affirmed the dismissal of the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction,...

NexLearn LLC v. Allen Interactions, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Contracts
In a suit alleging breach of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and infringement of a patent for social situation software, the district court's...

Emerachem Holdings, LLC v. Volkswagen Group of Am., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent claiming methods for regenerating a devitalized catalyst/absorber that has absorbed and oxidized nitrates...

Disabled American Veterans v. Sec'y Veterans Affairs

Government Benefits, Administrative Law
In a petition for review of provisions of the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Adjudication Procedures Manual M21-1, involving 38 U.S.C. section...

One-E-Way, Inc. v. ITC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement suit filed with the ITC involving a patents directed to a wireless digital audio system designed to let people use wireless...

Credit Acceptance Corp. v. Westlake Servs.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal of the final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in a Covered Business Method (CBM) review proceeding involving a...

Wyandot Nation of Kansas v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Indian Law
In an action brought by a Tribe alleging that the United States had breached its trust and fiduciary obligations with respect to two trusts that...