United States Federal Circuit - September 2018 Opinion Summaries

Nobel Biocare Services AG v. Instradent USA, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A company appealed from the determination in an inter partes review that certain claims of its patent directed to dental implants were unpatentable....

ParkerVision, Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirmed that some, but not all, claims in a telecommunications patent were unpatentable as obvious. Finding no error, the Federal Circuit affirmed...

University of California v. Broad Institute, Inc.

Patent, Intellectual Property, Drugs & Biotech
Affirmed a judgment of no interference-in-fact in a patent case involving the CRISPR-Cas9 system for the targeted cutting of DNA molecules. The...

Miller v. Office of Personnel Management

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Held that the federal government did not properly calculate the retirement annuity of a retired federal employee. The retiree, who had served in both...

IXI IP, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirmed that certain patent claims relating to a wireless networking device were invalid as obvious. The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial...

Orexo AB v. Actavis Elizabeth LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
Reversed a judgment that a patent for a pharmaceutical product was invalid on the ground of obviousness. The Federal Circuit concluded that...

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. v. Roxane Laboratories, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirmed that a pharmaceutical company's patent claims in a multiple sclerosis drug were invalid for obviousness. Several competitors seeking to...

In re: Detroit Athletic Co.

Trademark, Intellectual Property
Affirmed the refusal to register the trademark DETROIT ATHLETIC CO. for sports apparel retail services because it was likely to be confused with...

Gordon v. US

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Held that two female physicians working at Veterans Administration healthcare facilities failed to establish a prima facie case of an Equal Pay Act...

Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Vacated Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions invalidating three patents relating to videogame software. The patentee contended that the petitions...