United States Federal Circuit - September 2017 Opinion Summaries

Jang v. Boston Scientific Corporation

Civil Procedure, Patent
Affirming the district court's denial of a doctor's motion for judgment as a matter of law in the case involving the dispute over patents on coronary...

In Re Smith International

Intellectual Property, Patent, Oil and Gas Law
Reversing a decision by the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent and Trial Appeal Board affirming the examiner's rejections of patent...

In Re Cray Inc.

Patent, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Granting a petition for writ of mandamus and transferring a case where a company that does not rent or own an office or any property in Texas but had...

NFC Technology, LLC v. Matal

Patent, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Reversing a US Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision dismissing a patent claim as to the inurement of actions by a third...

Goodman v. Shulkin

Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
Affirming the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims approval of a Board of Veterans' Appeals' denial of service-connected benefits for rheumatoid...

First Data Corporation v. Inselberg LLC

Patent, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Affirming a district court order dismissing federal claims in a declaratory judgment action relating to a dispute involving loans and patent ownership...

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. v. SFC Co. Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirming the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding claims over a number of patents relating to organic electroluminescent devices and...

Allied Mineral Products, Inc. v. OSMI, Inc.

Patent, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Affirming the dismissal of a declaratory judgment action relating to patents because the plaintiff failed to allege any action by the defendant...

Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Affirming a district court ruling denying motions to compel arbitration between the plaintiff and defendant where the plaintiff had an arbitration...

Waymo v. Uber

Patent, Transportation, Trade Secrets, Intellectual Property
Dismissing the appeal of a district court's denial of an application for writ of mandamus seeking to avoid the production of a report produced at the...