United States Federal Circuit - October 2017 Opinion Summaries

Mastermine Software, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Cyberspace Law
In a patent action, construing the term 'pivot table' in relation to two of plaintiff's patents, the district court's 1) claim construction is...

Parkinson v. Department of Justice

Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law
Vacating the portion of a Merit Systems Protection Board decision sustaining a man's removal from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that indicated...

Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. v. Hospira, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
Affirming the district court's determination that patents relating to aspects of the production of an antibiotic compound were obvious implementations...

Smart Systems Innovations, LLC v. Chicago Transit Authority

Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirming the district court's determination that patents involving open-payment fare systems in mass transit networks related to an abstract idea and...

Smart Systems Innovations v. Chicago Transit Auth.

Transportation, Patent
In an patent action, concerning various asserted patents aimed at open-payment fare systems in mass transit networks, the district court's judgment is...

Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm.

Intellectual Property, Patent, International Trade, International Law
In a patent action, the International Trade Commission's limited exclusion order for the import of certain network devices by Artista Networks, Inc.,...

Secured Mail Solutions v. Universal Wilde, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent action, concerning six asserted patents involving methods of affixing an identifier to the outer surface of an envelope or package, the...

Organik Kimya AS v. Rohm and Haas Company

Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirming the decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board sustaining the patent-ability of claims relating to certain emulsion polymers having...

Corning v. Fast Felt Corporation

Intellectual Property, Patent
Reversing a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision concluding that a patent relating to methods for printing nail tabs or reinforcing strips on...

Amgen Inc USA v. Sanofi LLC

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirming the district court's grant of JMOL of non-obviousness in a patent case involving cholesterol drugs, but vacating the district court's...