United States Federal Circuit - April 2018 Opinion Summaries

Progressive Industries, Inc. v. US

Government Contracts, Civil Procedure
Affirming the decision of the Court of Federal Claims denying a motion for reconsideration of amended judgment or, in the alternative, relief from...

01 Communique Laboratory, Inc. v. Citrix Systems, Inc.

Patent, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Affirming the denial of a new trial to the owner of a patent on system computer products and methods for providing private communication portals...

Bell Supply Company, LLC v. US

International Trade, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Administrative Law
Vacating a decision by the US Court of International Trade affirming a US Department of Commerce determination that certain imported oil country...

Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Merck & Co., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Patent, Intellectual Property
Affirming the judgment that Merck, initially defending its patent on Hepatitis C drugs against a competitor seeking to have them found invalid, who...

Voter Verified v. Election Systems and Software

Elections, Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirming the dismissal of a patent infringement claim relating to the verification of voter ballots because the claims were directed at...

James v. J2 Cloud Services

Intellectual Property, Patent, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law
Reversing the dismissal of a claim for correction of inventorship and state law claims for lack of jurisdiction in the case of a man claiming to be...

St. Bernard Parish Government v. US

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Environmental Law
Reversing a Court of Federal Claims denial of a motion to dismiss a Tucker Act claim that the government took New Orleans property by failing to...

Droplets, Inc. v. E*Trade Bank

Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirming the determination by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a claim for the benefit of the filing date of an earlier patent application must...

John Bean Technologies Corp. v. Morris and Associates

Patent, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Reversing the district court's grant of summary judgment based on a finding of equitable estoppel and remanding a case in which asserted claims had...

Raniere v. Microsoft Corporation

Patent, Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property
Affirming the grant of attorney fees and costs to Microsoft in a patent infringement suit in which the plaintiff failed to establish that they owned...