2017 Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1 - 500 of 804
Date: December 29, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1241
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners, employed by the Office of Air and Marine (OAM), within the Department of Homeland Security, alleged that the agency’s actions and policies violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights…
Date: December 28, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2080
Justia Opinion Summary: The patent, entitled “Real Time Video Communications System,” discloses “tools and techniques for providing video calling solutions” and relates to real-time video conferencing where two or more users communicate, over a…
Date: December 26, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1071
Justia Opinion Summary: Henderson was a VA Program Analyst. Veterans may, under certain circumstances, obtain medical care from private physicians and facilities after obtaining preauthorization from a VA supervisory physician. An “unresolved…
Date: December 26, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1079
Date: December 22, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1928
Justia Opinion Summary: Bosch’s patent, titled “Remote Tire Monitoring System,” relates to a handheld tool for activating remote tire pressure monitoring system (RTMS) tire sensors and communicating with a vehicle’s RTMS receiving unit. The…
Date: December 21, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2380
Justia Opinion Summary: In a dispute concerning the proper Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) classification of 38 entries of Chemtall’s product, acrylamido tertiary butyl sulfonic acid (ATBS) during 2010 and 2011, the…
Date: December 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2386
Justia Opinion Summary: Tropp’s patents are directed to the use of dual-access locks in airline luggage inspection. Tropp’s system permits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to unlock, inspect, and relock checked baggage. Sentry…
Date: December 18, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1386
Justia Opinion Summary: Crediford served with the Coast Guard in 1983-1985 and in 1990-1991. In 1985, he visited the VFW Club after work and drank alcohol, then was in a single-vehicle accident. A breath test registered a blood alcohol level of…
Date: December 18, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1880
Justia Opinion Summary: The Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted inter partes review of the 174 Patent, which is directed to methods and apparatuses for a radio communications system where a subscriber station, i.e., a mobile device, is…
Date: December 15, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1109
Justia Opinion Summary: Brunetti owns the clothing brand “fuct.” In 2011, individuals filed an intent-to-use application for the mark FUCT for items of apparel. The applicants assigned the application to Brunetti, who amended it to allege use…
Date: December 14, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1499
Justia Opinion Summary: The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), governs abbreviated biologics license applications (aBLAs) based on the licensing of a reference product. BPCIA allows patent infringement suits before…
Date: December 14, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1277
Justia Opinion Summary: Ebanks sought veterans benefits for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder, hearing loss, and arthritis. His claim for an increased disability rating was denied by the VA Regional Office (RO) in October 2014; in…
Date: December 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2600
Date: December 13, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1282
Date: December 12, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1052
Date: December 12, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1285
Justia Opinion Summary: Lentz entered federal service in 2002. He had no disciplinary record until May 2014, when his supervisor issued a reprimand based on his authorization of grazing on public lands, without prior approval. In November,…
Date: December 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2550
Date: December 8, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2442
Justia Opinion Summary: IH’s patent relates to a method of purchasing goods at a local point-of-sale system from a remote seller. IH sued Bed Bath & Beyond for infringement. Two months later, the district court granted BBB summary judgment,…
Date: December 7, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1475
Justia Opinion Summary: Arctic Cat sued BRP for infringement of the 969 and 545 patents, which disclose a thrust steering system for personal watercraft propelled by jet stream. The district court rejected, as a matter of law, BRP’s argument…
Date: December 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2198
Justia Opinion Summary: Addressing appeals in three companion cases from inter partes reviews by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the Federal Circuit affirmed the “Iron Dome” and “DISH” Final Written Decisions…
Date: November 29, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2542
Justia Opinion Summary: Morrison’s position as a New London Naval Submarine Base firefighter required a security clearance. The Navy revoked Morrison's clearance, citing concerns regarding his personal finances. Regional Fire Chief Cox signed…
Date: November 21, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2607
Justia Opinion Summary: Presidio alleged infringement of its patent, which claims a multilayer capacitor design and teaches a multilayer integrated network of capacitors electrically connected in series and in parallel. While the suit was…
Date: November 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1770
Justia Opinion Summary: BASF’s patent describes and claims systems for performing catalytic conversion of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in an exhaust gas stream, with a partly-dual-layer arrangement of coatings on a substrate over which exhaust gas…
Date: November 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2701
Date: November 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2084
Date: November 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2103
Date: November 16, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1782
Justia Opinion Summary: To receive disability compensation based on service, a veteran must demonstrate that the disability was incurred or aggravated in the line of duty, 38 U.S.C. 101(16). Congress has enacted presumptive service connection…
Date: November 15, 2017
Docket Number: 17-138
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, Harvard filed a patent-infringement case against Micron, which is incorporated in Delaware and has its principal place of business in Idaho, alleging that venue in the District of Massachusetts was proper under…
Date: November 13, 2017
Docket Number: 13-1011
Justia Opinion Summary: LifeTech sold genetic testing kits to detect the presence of “short tandem repeat” (STR) sequences of DNA. Its “STR kits,” were assembled in the United Kingdom and consisted of five components. At least one component was…
Date: November 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2686
Date: November 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2722
Justia Opinion Summary: Sanofi’s patents describe and claim compositions and uses of the cardiovascular (antiarrhythmic) drug dronedarone. The 800 patent, which expires in 2019, claims pharmaceutical compositions containing dronedarone. The 167…
Date: November 7, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1405
Justia Opinion Summary: Simmons contacted counsel in 2011, claiming that he developed Guillain-Barre Syndrome as a result of his 2010 flu vaccination. He provided his vaccination record. Counsel agreed to represent him. Counsel was subsequently…
Date: November 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2081
Justia Opinion Summary: TRICARE provides current and former members of the military and their dependents' medical and dental care. Hospitals that provide TRICARE services are reimbursed under Department of Defense (DoD) guidelines. TRICARE…
Date: November 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2694
Justia Opinion Summary: Freeman's company, RNR located eight mining claims on public lands of the Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest. In 2011, RNR filed a plan of operations with the U.S. Forest Service for commercial mining of ore that…
Date: November 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2745
Date: November 1, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2169
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003, the FDA granted Bayer approval to market vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) under the name Levitra. Vardenafil belongs to a class of ED drugs called phosphodiesterase…
Date: November 1, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2531
Justia Opinion Summary: Two-Way’s patents, entitled “Multicasting Method and Apparatus,” generally relate to a system for streaming audio/visual data over a communications system like the internet. The patents explain that internet systems…
Date: October 30, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2465
Justia Opinion Summary: Mastermine’s patents disclose methods and systems “that allow[] a user to easily mine and report data maintained by a customer relationship management (CRM) application” and describe a process by which an electronic…
Date: October 26, 2017
Docket Number: 15-3066
Justia Opinion Summary: Sacramento FBI Agent Parkinson led a group tasked with relocating a previously compromised undercover facility. In 2006, the FBI leased a facility from Rodda, who agreed to contribute $70,000 to construction, documents,…
Date: October 26, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1115
Justia Opinion Summary: Merck owns the 150 patent, which is directed to a process for preparing a stable formulation of ertapenem, an antibiotic compound, and claims a manufacturing process for a final formulation of the antibiotic that…
Date: October 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2619
Date: October 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1233
Date: October 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2583
Date: October 18, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1233
Justia Opinion Summary: SSI sued the Chicago Transit Authority, alleging infringement of patents covering inventions designed to implement open-payment fare systems in mass transit networks. “An open-payment fare system allows riders to…
Date: October 18, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2563
Justia Opinion Summary: The International Trades Commission instituted a section 337 investigation based on Cisco’s complaint alleging that Arista’s imports of certain network devices, related software, and components thereof infringed six of…
Date: October 17, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1033
Date: October 16, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1728
Justia Opinion Summary: Secured Mail’s “Intelligent Mail Barcode” patents, “QR Code” patents, and “Personalized URL” patents involve methods whereby a sender affixes an identifier on the outer surface of a mail object (e.g. envelope or package)…
Date: October 11, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1983
Justia Opinion Summary: Rohm’s patents are directed to processes for preparing emulsion polymers with improved opacity for use in coatings such as paints, inks, and other products benefitting from opacity. Opacity results from absorbing and…
Date: October 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2613
Justia Opinion Summary: Fast Felt’s patent describes and claims methods for printing nail tabs or reinforcement strips on roofing or building cover material. Fast Felt sued Owens Corning for infringement. Owens Corning then filed a petition…
Date: October 6, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1062
Date: October 5, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1480
Justia Opinion Summary: Amgen’s patents relate to antibodies that help reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC), or “bad cholesterol.” Typically, high LDL-C is treated using small molecules (statins), which sometimes have adverse side…
Date: October 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1177
Justia Opinion Summary: Aqua’s patent concerns automated swimming pool cleaners that use “an angled jet drive propulsion system” to move in a controlled pattern. Using motor-driven wheels that enable the cleaner to move in a controlled pattern…
Date: September 29, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1275
Justia Opinion Summary: Dr. David Jang, M.D., is the named inventor of the patent, which is directed to a coronary stent. Jang assigned the patent to BSC. BSC agreed to pay a royalty if it ever produced a product that would infringe the patent.…
Date: September 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2303
Justia Opinion Summary: Smith’s 817 patent, entitled “Expandable Underreamer/Stabilizer,” is directed to a downhole drilling tool for oil and gas operations. It describes an “expandable tool 500” having “a generally cylindrical tool body 510…
Date: September 21, 2017
Docket Number: 17-129
Justia Opinion Summary: Raytheon filed a patent infringement action against Cray in the Eastern District of Texas. Cray is a Washington corporation with its principal place of business there. It also maintains facilities in Minnesota,…
Date: September 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1808
Justia Opinion Summary: NFC’s patent relates to a near-field communication device, using electromagnetic induction to communicate information over very short distances. The patent claims a priority date of March 1999, the date of the filing…
Date: September 18, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2142
Justia Opinion Summary: Goodman served in the U.S. Army, 1972-1992, with service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War. During his service and at his discharge, Goodman underwent medical examinations that returned negative for…
Date: September 18, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2604
Date: September 15, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2677
Justia Opinion Summary: Inselberg is the inventor systems by which audiences interact with live events, such as concerts and football games. In 2010, his company received a $500,000 loan from Bisignano, who received security interest in the…
Date: September 15, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2721
Justia Opinion Summary: Idemitsu’s patent, titled “Organic Electroluminescence Device and Organic Light Emitting Medium,” claims a device containing a particular organic medium layered between an anode and cathode; when a voltage is applied…
Date: September 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1795
Justia Opinion Summary: IV’s patent issued in 2010, from a series of continuing applications first filed in 1997 and is titled “File Transfer System for Direct Transfer Between Computers.” The patents broadly relate to transferring computer…
Date: September 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2641
Justia Opinion Summary: Stellar and Allied are American companies. Stellar sent Allied's Mexican distributors notice letters accusing them of infringing Stellar’s Mexican Patent. Allied manufactures the accused products in the U.S., which are…
Date: September 13, 2017
Docket Numbers: 17-2235, 17-2253
Justia Opinion Summary: Waymo sued Uber and Ottomotto for patent infringement and violations of trade secret laws, claiming that its former employee, Levandowski, improperly downloaded documents related to Waymo’s driverless vehicle technology,…
Date: September 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2196
Justia Opinion Summary: Under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA), 25 U.S.C. 4101–4243, tribes receive direct funding to provide affordable housing to their members. Grants are based on factors including…
Date: September 8, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2082
Date: September 8, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2287
Justia Opinion Summary: Southwire’s patent is directed to a method of manufacturing an electric cable, wherein a lubricant is incorporated into the outer sheath such that the lubricant migrates to the surface of the sheath and results in a…
Date: September 7, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2082
Justia Opinion Summary: Kraft’s patent, issued in 2005, describes a combination of two known kinds of packaging. One, common for cookies, uses a frame surrounded by a wrapper. The other, common for wet wipes, uses a package on which the label…
Date: September 7, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1929
Justia Opinion Summary: Kisor served in the Marine Corps from 1962-1966. In 1982, he sought disability compensation benefits for PTSD with the Portland, Oregon VA Regional Office (RO), which received a letter from a Vet Center counselor,…
Date: September 7, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2374
Justia Opinion Summary: Piccolo, an officer at the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made a disclosure related to DHS’s practice of releasing unaccompanied alien children to…
Date: September 7, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1096
Justia Opinion Summary: Lifetime’s patent describes a two-part seal for use in a mobile living quarters (recreational vehicle) with a slide-out room. A slide-out room is formed by extending a portion of the side wall of the RV outward to create…
Date: September 7, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1384
Date: September 6, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1177
Justia Opinion Summary: There are 10 federal holidays each year; six are celebrated on Mondays. All federal employees are paid for holidays that fall on a workday but on which the employee is not required to work. 5 C.F.R. 610.405-406. When…
Date: August 30, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2283
Justia Opinion Summary: SynQor owns several patents directed to a particular architecture for direct current-to-direct current (DC-DC) power converters. Vicor requested, and the Patent and Trademark Office granted, inter partes reexaminations…
Date: August 29, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1912
Justia Opinion Summary: Lt. Harris has been an officer in the Navy since 2005. He was arrested by civilian authorities in 2013 for sexual offenses involving minors and was held in confinement until his 2015 conviction and sentencing. Between…
Date: August 28, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1502
Justia Opinion Summary: Return Mail’s patent is directed to processing mail items that are undeliverable due to an inaccurate or obsolete address, using scannable bar codes. Ex parte reexamination resulted in the cancellation of all original…
Date: August 28, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1706
Justia Opinion Summary: Ultratec sued CaptionCall for infringement of patents concerning systems for assisting deaf or hard-of-hearing users to make phone calls and won damages of $44.1 million. CaptionCall had filed petitions for inter partes…
Date: August 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1811
Justia Opinion Summary: Stepan’s application is directed to herbicidal formulations containing glyphosate salt with a surfactant system. Surfactants can enhance glyphosate’s effectiveness as an herbicide by providing better leaf-adherence,…
Date: August 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2560
Date: August 22, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1356
Justia Opinion Summary: Prime Hospitals provide inpatient services under the Medicare program, submitting payment claims to private contractors, who make initial reimbursement determinations. Prime alleged that many short-stay claims were…
Date: August 22, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1932
Justia Opinion Summary: Gazelle served in the U.S. Army, 1962-1965, and incurred service-connected disabilities. He receives compensation for: degenerative disc disease and joint disease of the cervical spine rated at 20 percent; degenerative…
Date: August 22, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2321
Justia Opinion Summary: Nidec’s patent is directed to low-noise heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and includes a permanent magnet electric motor that turns a fan to move air through ductwork. An improved motor controller…
Date: August 21, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2249
Date: August 16, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2297
Justia Opinion Summary: Georgetown’s patent relates to a system for inspecting the steel tie plates that connect rail tracks to wooden ties, using digital technology. Georgetown's Aurora System uses lasers and cameras mounted on a vehicle to…
Date: August 15, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2254
Justia Opinion Summary: Visual’s 740 patent purports to overcome deficiencies in computer systems using a three-tiered memory hierarchy to enhance performance by creating a memory system with programmable operational characteristics that can be…
Date: August 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2605
Date: August 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1542
Justia Opinion Summary: Under 42 U.S.C. 1485, the USDA's Rural Housing Service (RHS) makes loans for construction of affordable rental housing. From 1972-1982, each of 10 limited partnerships (with a common general partner, Olsen) entered into…
Date: August 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2179
Justia Opinion Summary: The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, 42 U.S.C. 262, establishes a scheme for adjudicating claims of patent infringement in the FDA's approval of “biological products.” To obtain FDA approval, the sponsor…
Date: August 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2558
Justia Opinion Summary: Lottery, a state agency, began operating traditional lottery drawing games and instant lottery scratch-off games in North Carolina in 2006. It introduces new scratch-off games on the first Tuesday of each month and…
Date: August 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2647
Justia Opinion Summary: AIA sued Avid for infringement of patents directed to research technologies stemming from the discovery of a genetic mutation that is associated with early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease. Mullan is named as the sole…
Date: August 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2661
Justia Opinion Summary: Rumsey, a Department of Justice employee, protested grant-making decisions and ultimately went to the media and members of Congress and filed a complaint with the Inspector General, alleging fraud. Her efforts resulted…
Date: August 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1115
Justia Opinion Summary: Romag’s patent and trademark are directed to magnetic snap fasteners and are licensed to a Chinese manufacturer, which supplied ROMAG magnetic snaps for use in handbags manufactured and distributed by Fossil. In 2010, a…
Date: August 8, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1507
Justia Opinion Summary: Symbolic owns the mark I AM (typed drawing) for “clothing, namely, hats, caps, socks, shirts, t-shirts, sweatshirts, tank tops, shorts, pants, sweatpants, jeans, swimwear, swimsuits, beachwear and footwear, namely,…
Date: August 7, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1123
Justia Opinion Summary: EFF, a nonprofit organization that advocates in the public interest of consumers of digital technology, requested inter partes review of Personal Audio’s 504 Patent, entitled “System for Disseminating Media Content…
Date: August 7, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1253
Justia Opinion Summary: In response to a 2005 petition (19 U.S.C. 1673), the Department of Commerce found that diamond sawblades from China were likely sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. For non-market economy (NME) countries, Commerce…
Date: August 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1511
Justia Opinion Summary: Whirlpool’s 688 patent claims a household blender with a pre-programmed, automated blending cycle designed to blend items “quickly and reliably—by repeatedly dropping to a speed slow enough to allow the blender contents…
Date: August 2, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2308
Justia Opinion Summary: LFD operates a Lake Cumberland, Kentucky marina under a lease from the Army Corps of Engineers, covering approximately 130 acres of water and 36 acres of land. The Lease states: The right is reserved to the United…
Date: August 1, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1996
Justia Opinion Summary: Honeywell’s 366 patent is directed to the use of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene, an unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon compound, and a polyalkylene glycol lubricant in heat transfer systems, such as air conditioning equipment. …
Date: July 31, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1284
Date: July 27, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1346
Justia Opinion Summary: Regeneron accused Merus of infringing the 018 patent. The district court issued an opinion construing various terms and declared one term indefinite. Merus asserted a counterclaim of unenforceability due to inequitable…
Date: July 27, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1913
Date: July 27, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1939
Justia Opinion Summary: Kerry is the CEO of KEI, the son of Dale Earnhardt (a professional race car driver who died in 2001), and the stepson of Teresa. KEI's ventures include the EARNHARDT COLLECTION lifestyle brand. KEI licensed that mark to…
Date: July 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1814
Justia Opinion Summary: The specifications of the three Soft Gel patents describe a method for dissolving CoQ10. The patented inventions include a composition, a soft gelatin capsule, and a method of making such a soft gelatin capsule, each…
Date: July 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2215
Date: July 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1598
Justia Opinion Summary: Miskill was employed as an IT Specialist with the Social Security Administration for 14 years. Her supervisor proposed to remove Miskill for violations of the time and attendance policy. The Assistant Associate…
Date: July 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1104
Justia Opinion Summary: NobelBiz alleged infringement of patents titled “System and method for modifying communication information” with identical specifications. The patents relate to “a method for processing a communication between a first…
Date: July 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1946
Justia Opinion Summary: Manzanares served on active duty, 1986-1991. In 1992, she was awarded service connection for a history of stress fractures in both legs, with a non-compensable rating. In 2006, she sought an increased rating. The VA…
Date: July 18, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1666
Justia Opinion Summary: Container Store’s top tracks and hanging standards, components of its elfa® modular storage and organization system, were imported through Houston in 2007-2008. Customs liquidated the merchandise under Harmonized Tariff…
Date: July 17, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2066
Justia Opinion Summary: Millennium developed the patented product for the treatment of oncology diseases, particularly multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma. The product has the brand name Velcade®. Sandoz and others filed abbreviated new…
Date: July 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1981
Justia Opinion Summary: Louisiana law recognizes the right to extract minerals separately from ownership of the land (mineral servitudes). Servitudes generally revert back to the landowner if not used for 10 years. The servitudes at issue were…
Date: July 14, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2144
Justia Opinion Summary: Johnson served in the Army, 1970-1971. In 2008, the VA granted Johnson a 30% rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and a 10% rating for tinea corporis, a skin condition which Johnson described as jungle rot…
Date: July 14, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2573
Date: July 12, 2017
Docket Numbers: 16-1789, 15-2085
Justia Opinion Summary: The U.S. Department of Commerce issued final results in the eighth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warm water shrimp from India. Using the “average-to-transaction” methodology with…
Date: July 10, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1148
Justia Opinion Summary: Genband sells products and services that help telecommunications companies offer voice communications services over Internet Protocol networks (VoIP services) and owns patents related to its offerings. Metaswitch sells…
Date: July 7, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1474
Justia Opinion Summary: IPCom’s 830 patent describes and claims a method and system for handing over a mobile phone call from one base station to another base station. After IPCom sued HTC for infringement, HTC successfully requested that the…
Date: July 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1882
Justia Opinion Summary: AdjustaCam’s patent, which issued in 1999, discloses a camera clip that supports a camera both on a flat surface and when attached to a computer monitor. AdjutaCam’s infringement litigation against Newegg included a…
Date: July 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2330
Justia Opinion Summary: The Commerce Department conducted an antidumping investigation into Turkish oil country tubular goods, 19 U.S.C. 1677b(a)(1)(B)(i). When calculating the dumping margin, if a foreign country would normally impose an…
Date: June 29, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2361
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants, current and former employees of the U.S. Secret Service, alleged that, as a result of new practices, the government denied them the two consecutive days off from work to which they were entitled under 5…
Date: June 27, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The claims at issue involve testing methods for fetal aneuploidies, conditions in which a fetus either has an abnormally high number of chromosomes (e.g., Down’s syndrome) or an abnormally low number (e.g., Turner’s…
Date: June 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1794
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2001, Dr. Klingemann filed a patent application directed to a method of treating cancer by administering natural killer cells. After years of examination, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejected…
Date: June 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2004
Date: June 21, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1802
Justia Opinion Summary: The patent, covering methods of treating hepatitis C by administering compounds having a specific chemical and stereochemical structure, issued on a final application filed on June 27, 2003, by the inventor, Storer. In…
Date: June 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2135
Date: June 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2170
Justia Opinion Summary: NexLearn sued Allen in Kansas, alleging patent infringement and breach of contract. The companies had entered into a nondisclosure agreement to allow Allen to try NexLearn’s software, SimWriter®. Allen accessed SimWriter…
Date: June 16, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1766
Justia Opinion Summary: When an artery is damaged or inflamed, the body releases the enzyme myeloperoxidase (MPO). Prior art taught that MPO could be detected in an atherosclerotic plaque or lesion that required a surgically invasive method;…
Date: June 16, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1769
Justia Opinion Summary: Outdry’s 171 patent claims methods of waterproofing leather, particularly for the manufacture of shoes, clothes, or leather accessories. The specification discloses prior art methods of waterproofing leather shoes,…
Date: June 15, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1984
Justia Opinion Summary: EmeraChem’s 758 patent claims methods for regenerating a devitalized catalyst/absorber that has absorbed and oxidized nitrates and nitrites after exposure to pollutants in the combustion gases of engines by passing a…
Date: June 14, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1493
Justia Opinion Summary: Presumptive service connection exists for veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War and have chronic: undiagnosed illness; medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (MUCMI); or any diagnosed illness as…
Date: June 14, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2214
Date: June 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2105
Justia Opinion Summary: One-E-Way filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission, alleging infringement of its patents, which disclose a wireless digital audio system designed to let people use wireless headphones privately, without…
Date: June 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2001
Justia Opinion Summary: CAC’s patent includes both system and method claims directed to “provid[ing] financing for allowing a customer to purchase a product selected from an inventory of products maintained by a dealer.” In one embodiment, the…
Date: June 8, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1529
Justia Opinion Summary: Snyder represented a veteran, Beck, under a 2001 fee agreement (38 U.S.C. 5904). Eight months later, Snyder requested the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to cancel his fee agreement. In 2003 the VA awarded past-due benefits…
Date: June 8, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1654
Justia Opinion Summary: The Wyandot Nation of Kansas, a Native American tribe allegedly tracing its ancestry to the Historic Wyandot Nation, claims to be a federally recognized Indian tribe and a successor-in-interest to treaties between the…
Date: June 8, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2055
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1999, Lyons and Gillette discussed possibly forming a veterinary specialist organization (VSO) for treating athletic animals. For American Veterinary Medical Association accreditation, veterinarians must form an…
Date: June 8, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2097
Justia Opinion Summary: The District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed, for lack of personal jurisdiction, New World’s declaratory judgment complaint against FGTL, a wholly owned subsidiary of the automaker Ford Motor Company.…
Date: June 8, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2226
Justia Opinion Summary: Tartaglia served as Chief of Police at the Veterans Administration Hampton Virginia Medical Center. The VA proposed Tartaglia’s removal based on Abuse of Authority” (six specifications); “Lack of Candor” (two…
Date: June 7, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2018
Justia Opinion Summary: Skky’s patent describes a method for delivering audio and/or visual files to a wireless device, stating that existing devices required music or video clips to be either factory-installed, or downloaded through a direct…
Date: June 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1397
Justia Opinion Summary: The 555 patent relates to anti-theft tags that are attached to merchandise and deactivated when the goods are purchased. The accused tags are manufactured in Europe and imported into the U.S. Checkpoint brought an…
Date: June 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2427
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, RNB and GAF entered into an agreement under which GAF would promote RNB’s “Roof N Box” product, a three-dimensional roofing model, to building construction contractors affiliated with GAF. The agreement required…
Date: June 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2521
Justia Opinion Summary: Rothschild alleged that ADS’s home security system infringed its 090 patent. Rothschild has filed numerous lawsuits against others alleging infringement of the 090 patent. ADS filed an answer and counterclaims and sent…
Date: June 1, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1524
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued Nagel in Massachusetts Superior Court alleging 15 state-law claims. Nagel answered the complaint and filed 11 counterclaims under the Declaratory Judgment Act seeking declarations of non-infringement of…
Date: May 31, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1498
Justia Opinion Summary: Kitlinski, employed by the DEA and a Coast Guard reservist, was recalled to active duty. For an extended period, he served full-time at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C. He filed complaints under the Uniformed…
Date: May 30, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1649
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2013, domestic producers of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) filed a petition with the Department Commerce alleging that the Government of Turkey (GOT) was providing countervailable subsidies to domestic exporters.…
Date: May 30, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2093
Justia Opinion Summary: Mid Continent Nail requested that the Department of Commerce initiate a third administrative review of its anti-dumping duty order covering certain steel nails from China. Mid Continent did not serve the request directly…
Date: May 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1088
Justia Opinion Summary: AHAC, a surety, secured importers’ importation of preserved mushrooms and crawfish tail meat from China by issuing single transaction and continuous entry bonds in 2001 and 2002. The bonds obligated the importers and…
Date: May 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1315
Justia Opinion Summary: Ollis, a veteran, sought disability benefits under 38 U.S.C. 1151, which provides benefits for certain injuries incurred as a result of VA medical care. Ollis suffers from atrial fibrillation and claims a disability…
Date: May 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2006
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found that Pulse directly infringed Halo’s patents with products that it shipped into the U.S. and induced others to infringe those patents with products delivered outside the U.S. that ultimately were imported…
Date: May 25, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1232
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Lee began an appointment under the Federal Career Intern Program (FCIP) with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. Before that appointment. Lee had completed almost six…
Date: May 24, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1089
Justia Opinion Summary: Joseph Phelps Vineyards has produced and sold wines bearing the trademark INSIGNIA since 1978. In 2012, Fairmont received federal registration for the mark ALEC BRADLEY STAR INSIGNIA for cigars and cigar products. On…
Date: May 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1841
Justia Opinion Summary: The 320 patent describes single-brew coffee machines, such as the Keurig® system, and purports to address the incompatibility between pod-based and cartridge-based systems. The invention “more particularly relates to an…
Date: May 19, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1645
Justia Opinion Summary: Apicore owns, and Mylan Is the exclusive licensee of, the 992, 616, and 050 patents, which relate to isosulfan blue (ISB), a triarylmethane dye used to map lymph nodes. The 992 and 616 patents (together, “the process…
Date: May 16, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1357
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010, ArcelorMittal sued (050 case), alleging infringement of the 805 patent. A jury found that Defendants did not infringe and that the asserted claims were invalid as anticipated and obvious. The Federal Circuit…
Date: May 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1576
Justia Opinion Summary: District court properly awarded “exceptional case” legal fees. In 2005, Dow filed an infringement action against NOVA, which argued that its product did not infringe and that Dow lacked standing because it had…
Date: May 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1599
Justia Opinion Summary: Statements made by the patent owner during an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding, whether before or after an institution decision, can be relied upon to support a finding of prosecution disclaimer. Aylus’s patent…
Date: May 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2233
Justia Opinion Summary: Patent Board did not adequately explain why it accepted patent holder’s claim construction, but nonetheless found the claims unpatentable. Rovalma’s patent describes and claims methods for making steels with certain…
Date: May 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1143
Justia Opinion Summary: Claims in patent relating to fiber optic communication signals were unpatentable for lack of written description support. Cirrex’s 082 patent is directed to the field of fiber optic communication signals that use light…
Date: May 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1830
Justia Opinion Summary: AT&T’s patent is directed to a method of compressing and transmitting transform coefficients in a manner that does not rely on scanning the coefficients in any particular order; all of the coefficients in a block are…
Date: May 9, 2017
Docket Number: 15-3086
Justia Opinion Summary: Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act (VACAA) provisions vesting significant authority in administrative judges violates Appointments Clause. In 2014, Congress investigated reports that senior executives in the…
Date: May 9, 2017
Docket Number: 15-5103
Justia Opinion Summary: Shareholders lacked standing to challenge, as an illegal exaction, U.S. government’s acquisition of AIG stock as loan collateral. In 2008, during one of the worst financial crises of the last century, American…
Date: May 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1936
Justia Opinion Summary: Tightened security at base, preventing access by contractor's ex-felon employees, did not justify contract adjustment. Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana, houses intercontinental ballistic missiles. …
Date: May 8, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1554
Justia Opinion Summary: Trade Court abused its discretion in waiving the exhaustion requirement in appeal of antidumping order. The Department Commerce initiated an investigation into whether oil country tubular goods (OCTGs) from Saudi Arabia…
Date: May 8, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1961
Justia Opinion Summary: Determination of tax year for theft loss depends on multiple factors. The Adkinses invested in securities through a company that was actually operating a “pump and dump” scheme. At their 2000 peak, the Adkinses’…
Date: May 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1092
Justia Opinion Summary: Pre-AIA section 317(b) precluded argument that Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) was prohibited from maintaining reexamination of multiple claims where court upheld only two claims in parallel litigation. King requested…
Date: May 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1173
Justia Opinion Summary: Estoppel provision of section 317(b) did not prohibit the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) from maintaining a reexamination after court's dismissal, without prejudice, of invalidity claims..Apple requested reexamination…
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
