2023 Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 501 - 1000 of 1064
Date: July 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1575
Justia Opinion Summary: Williams was a Beaumont, Texas federal corrections officer beginning March 4, 2018. In 2016, Williams met Hayes. The two were engaged and had a child in September 2018. Hayes had been in Bureau of Prisons (BOP) custody…
Date: July 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1385
Justia Opinion Summary: Using a patent directed to a method for sorting sperm cells according to specific DNA characteristics to preselect the gender of a domestic animal’s offspring, STGenetics, provided bull semen-processing services to ABS,…
Date: June 30, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1960
Date: June 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1243
Justia Opinion Summary: The VA’s Schedule for Rating Disabilities includes diagnostic codes (DCs), each with a corresponding disability rating, 38 U.S.C. 1155. A particular veteran’s disability may not clearly fall under a delineated DC. VA…
Date: June 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1297
Date: June 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1378
Justia Opinion Summary: Jenkins purchased a 1987 Oldsmobile and a 2001 Chevrolet and transferred the titles to his mother, Buchanan, retaining exclusive use of both vehicles. The DEA, investigating Jenkins for drug conspiracy crimes, seized…
Date: June 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1165
Justia Opinion Summary: Medytox’s patent is directed to the use of an animal-protein-free botulinum toxin composition that exhibits a longer-lasting effect compared to an animal protein-containing botulinum toxin composition and purportedly can…
Date: June 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1339
Date: June 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1578
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2018, Spireon sought to register the mark FL FLEX, for “[e]lectronic devices for tracking the locations of mobile assets" such as trailers, cargo containers, and transportation equipment, using global positioning…
Date: June 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1492
Date: June 16, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1849
Justia Opinion Summary: The Missouri River, in its natural state, experienced annual flooding that constantly morphed its path and the topography of its floodplain, rendering it unproductive for development. The 1944 Flood Control Act (FCA)…
Date: June 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1489
Justia Opinion Summary: The pending claims of the 422 application recite methods of increasing prostacyclin release in the systemic blood vessels of a human with essential hypertension to improve vasodilation. Increased prostacyclin release is…
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1784
Date: June 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1269
Justia Opinion Summary: The Parus patents are directed to an interactive voice system that allows a user to request information from a voice web browser. Their shared specification discloses two preferred embodiments: a voice- based web browser…
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2316
Justia Opinion Summary: Blue Gentian owns the asserted patents. Berardi, Blue Gentian’s principal was the sole named inventor on each patent. The utility patents generally relate to an expandable hose. The design patents claim the ornamental…
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1349
Date: June 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1650
Date: June 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1837
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) contracted with Eagle for construction work in Yellowstone National Park, to be completed by October 2018. The contract required Eagle to submit a…
Date: June 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1373
Justia Opinion Summary: MacNeil’s patents share a specification, covering a “vehicle floor tray . . . thermoformed from a polymer sheet of substantially uniform thickness.” The specification explains the need “for a floor tray that will have a…
Date: June 5, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-2359, 2021-2362, 2021-2366, 21-2357
Justia Opinion Summary: For decades, cardiologists have used guide catheters to deliver interventional cardiology devices (e.g., guidewires, stents, balloon catheters) designed to alleviate stenoses. These procedures involved certain challenges…
Date: June 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1359
Justia Opinion Summary: Hampton served in the Navy from 1985-1989. In 1997, she filed a claim for VA disability compensation for migraines. In 1998, the regional office (RO) increased Hampton’s rating to 30 percent, effective from 1997. In…
Date: May 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1581
Justia Opinion Summary: Wilmington charges its residential and non-residential property owners a stormwater management fee, based on an estimation of each property’s contribution to stormwater runoff. Because a precise measure of the actual…
Date: May 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1365
Justia Opinion Summary: Kelly served as a Navy diver from 2008-2013 and received numerous accolades but suffered multiple injuries. Following a 2012 dive mission, Kelly received hyperbaric chamber treatment. Kelly then experienced emotional…
Date: May 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2356
Justia Opinion Summary: The challenged patents, owned by Teleflex, all descend from a common application filed in 2006, share a common specification, and are directed to guide extension catheters that use a tapered inner catheter that runs over…
Date: May 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1099
Justia Opinion Summary: FMC and OSS own patents that cover structures for subsea oil and gas recovery. OSS sued, alleging that FMC’s Enhanced Vertical Deepwater Tree equipped with FMC’s Retrievable Choke and Flow Module infringed 95 claims…
Date: May 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2325
Justia Opinion Summary: The Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) solicited a contract for the repair of pumps in Louisiana. The webpage linking to the solicitation noted, “[t]his is a 100% Small Business Set Aside procurement" and cited NAICS Code:…
Date: May 19, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2162
Justia Opinion Summary: A 2012 antidumping duty order (19 U.S.C. 1673) for solar cells from China and two subsequent reviews assigned Qixin a separate rate lower than the country-wide rate. For the third administrative review, for 2014-2015…
Date: May 18, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1269
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1106
Date: May 11, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2280
Justia Opinion Summary: Nordby served as an administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration. He was also a First Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the Army Reserve. From January-May 2017, Nordby was activated…
Date: May 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1488
Justia Opinion Summary: The Army issued a solicitation for a Next Generation Load Device Medium to encrypt and decrypt sensitive information on the battlefield, stating that in order to be eligible for the award Offerors must receive a minimum…
Date: May 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1564
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2017, Dixon’s tax preparer filed amended tax returns for him, within the time permitted by law, claiming a refund for tax years 2013 and 2014. After an audit, the IRS denied those claims and assessed additional taxes.…
Date: May 10, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1247
Date: May 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1981
Justia Opinion Summary: Sanofi-Aventis’s 614 patent, entitled “Drug Delivery Device and Method of Manufacturing a Drug Delivery Device,” relates to a “drug delivery device” that can be “configured to allow setting of different dose sizes.” …
Date: May 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1291
Justia Opinion Summary: Sony petitioned for inter partes review of claims 1–6 of the Bot’s 540 patent, which concerns a gaming machine that authenticates certain data and that has both a motherboard and a different board. Independent claims 1…
Date: May 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1625
Date: May 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1363
Justia Opinion Summary: UCANN sued Hemp for infringing its patent, entitled “Cannabis Extracts and Methods of Preparing and Using the Same.” UCANN filed for bankruptcy, which automatically stayed the litigation. After the bankruptcy petition…
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1184
Justia Opinion Summary: Frazier served in the Navy from 1988-1993. In 2008, Frazier fractured the fourth and fifth fingers of his right hand after being startled by a nightmare--according to Frazier, a frequent occurrence due to PTSD, a…
Date: May 4, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1374
Date: May 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2184
Date: May 3, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1069
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1696
Justia Opinion Summary: Hormel met with Howard of HIP, which produced food safety and thermal processing equipment. The parties entered into an agreement to develop an oven for a particular process. Hormel conducted testing relating to color…
Date: April 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1475
Justia Opinion Summary: Moore is a male Examination Manager at the SEC's Washington, D.C. headquarters. Two women Examination Managers in that office perform the same work as Moore under similar working conditions. In 2014, the SEC initiated a…
Date: April 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1447
Justia Opinion Summary: Bean served in the U.S. Army from 1966-1969. In 1997, he sought disability compensation. Bean was diagnosed with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder, but not PTSD. The VA denied him entitlement to service…
Date: April 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1585
Justia Opinion Summary: Crawford served in the U.S. Army and Florida National Guard for two decades. He was discharged in 2011 due to his service-connected PTSD. Crawford’s PTSD began after his second tour of duty in Iraq. The Florida State…
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1021
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Commerce initiated a countervailing duty investigation concerning imports of softwood lumber products from Canada and individually investigated five groups of companies that produced and/or exported…
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1035
Justia Opinion Summary: For pressing projects, the government can issue “Undefinitized Contract Actions” (UCAs) to allow contractors to begin work before the parties have reached a final agreement on contract terms, like price. The Air Force…
Date: April 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1445
Date: April 24, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1580
Date: April 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1061
Justia Opinion Summary: Pitts, the surviving spouse of an Army veteran, filed for dependency and indemnity compensation from the VA in 2001. The Board of Veterans’ Appeals affirmed. In 2012, Pitts employed attorney Viterna. Their fee agreement…
Date: April 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1228
Justia Opinion Summary: Corning filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission alleging FS violated 19 U.S.C. 1337 by importing high-density fiber optic equipment that infringed four patents that generally relate to fiber optic…
Date: April 19, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1147, 22-1149
Justia Opinion Summary: Amgen produces apremilast and markets it as a phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitor, which is used for treating psoriasis and related conditions, under the brand name Otezla®. The 638, 101, and 541 patents cover Otezla.…
Date: April 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2257
Justia Opinion Summary: The U.S. Department of Commerce initiated an antidumping duty investigation on certain tapered roller bearings (TRBs) from China, 19 U.S.C. 1673, and established a country-wide anti-dumping duty for TRBs from China. In…
Date: April 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1094
Justia Opinion Summary: Charger filed an intent-to-use application to register SPARK LIVING on the Principal Register for leasing of real estate; real estate listing; real estate service, namely, rental property management. The examining…
Date: April 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1924
Justia Opinion Summary: Rotigotine is used to treat Parkinson’s disease, which causes difficulty swallowing and slow transit times through intestines, which can frustrate oral treatments. Transdermal therapeutic systems deliver drugs through…
Date: April 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2173
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court dismissed Sanderling’s infringement suit due to the asserted claims’ lack of patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101. The patents at issue share the title “Dynamic Promotional Layout…
Date: April 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2263
Justia Opinion Summary: Sequoia’s patent is directed to “a method for managing a logical volume for minimizing a size of metadata and supporting dynamic online resizing,” and “a computer-readable recording medium storing a program or data…
Date: April 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1199
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2015, the Department of Commerce received petitions from domestic producers requesting that Commerce impose antidumping and countervailing duties on corrosion-resistant steel (CORE) exports from China. Commerce…
Date: April 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1268
Justia Opinion Summary: HCM sued Philip Morris for allegedly infringing at least one claim of HCM’s patent, which is directed to an electronic nicotine-delivery device. Philip Morris manufactures the IQOS electronic nicotine-delivery system,…
Date: April 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1450
Date: April 11, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1183
Justia Opinion Summary: Arbutus’s 127 patent states that its purpose is to allow for more efficient methods and compositions for introducing nucleic acids into cells and methods of downregulating gene expression. The invention is, in part, the…
Date: April 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1542
Justia Opinion Summary: SAS creates and sells software used for data access, management, analysis, and presentation. The SAS System allows users to input user-written programs into its graphical user interface to complete analytics tasks. Users…
Date: April 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1057
Justia Opinion Summary: Pickett served in the Army from 1969-1971, including service in Vietnam. In 2004, sought service-connected compensation for an anxiety disorder, which he attributed to exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides. The VA…
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2320
Justia Opinion Summary: Salazar’s patent describes technology for wireless and wired communications, including command, control, and sensing for two-way communication of sound, voice, and data “with any appliance and/or apparatus capable of…
Date: April 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2187
Justia Opinion Summary: Roane served in the Navy from 1981-1991. In 2013, he underwent vocational rehabilitation for disabilities, including sciatic nerve paralysis, degenerative spinal arthritis, and limited knee flexion. In 2017, he applied…
Date: April 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2301
Justia Opinion Summary: Apple sought to register the mark APPLE MUSIC for the production and distribution of sound recordings and arranging, organizing, conducting, and presenting live musical performances. Apple began using the mark in 2015…
Date: April 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2216
Justia Opinion Summary: Rueter worked for NOAA under his supervisor, Dr. Bolden. In November 2014, two female employees of agency contractors informed Bolden of incidents that had occurred at a Halloween costume party and the following…
Date: April 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2296
Justia Opinion Summary: Ironburg sued Valve for infringing its patent, entitled “Controller for Video Game Console.” In 2021, after much pretrial litigation and a change of venue, a trial was held, with each juror attending remotely through…
Date: March 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2145
Date: March 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1058
Justia Opinion Summary: The 853 patent relates to universal remotes, specifically to a universal control engine that facilitates communication between a controlling device (i.e., a remote) and intended target appliances (e.g., a TV, a DVD…
Date: March 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1227
Justia Opinion Summary: Reynolds filed a complaint at the International Trade Commission alleging that Philip Morris violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act, 19 U.S.C. 1337, through the importation and sale of tobacco products (the IQOS line of…
Date: March 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1249
Date: March 22, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1537
Justia Opinion Summary: Military-Veterans Advocacy (MVA) filed suit under 38 U.S.C. 502, seeking review and revision of certain instructions and practices set forth in the Veterans Affairs Adjudication Procedures Manual (M21-1 Manual), which…
Date: March 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1112
Date: March 16, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2030
Justia Opinion Summary: Crews served in the Air Force from 1954-1958. In connection with his service, he was originally granted a 100% disability rating for schizophrenia. In 1960, his disability rating was lowered to 70%. In 2006, Crews sought…
Date: March 16, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1120
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2097
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2017-2018, Borusan imported circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes that were subject to decades-old antidumping duties. In 2018, Presidential Proclamation 9705 separately imposed a duty on imported steel…
Date: March 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1037
Justia Opinion Summary: PACT’s 908 patent relates to multiprocessor systems and how processors in those systems access data. Multiprocessor systems typically store data in several places: a main memory, where all of a system’s data is stored,…
Date: March 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1249
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, Apple and four other companies, have repeatedly been sued for patent infringement and thereafter petitioned the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to institute inter partes reviews (IPRs), under 35 U.S.C.…
Date: March 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1349
Justia Opinion Summary: AlterWAN sued Amazon for infringement of two patents concerning improvements to implementing wide area networks (WANs) over the Internet. The patents share a common specification that describes two core problems with…
Date: March 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1015
Justia Opinion Summary: In their divorce settlement, Roman gave Iris $150,000. Iris transferred to Roman her interest in their home. Roman agreed to pay any taxes assessed on Iris for her receipt of the $150,000. The IRS assessed $50,002.04 in…
Date: March 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1239
Justia Opinion Summary: Spicer served in the Air Force from 1958-1959 and was exposed to benzene in aircraft fuel. Years later, he developed chronic myeloid leukemia, a blood cancer. The VA recognized his leukemia as service-connected and…
Date: March 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2168
Justia Opinion Summary: Gilead filed an inter partes review (IPR) petition challenging claims of the University of Minnesota’s 830 patent, directed to phosphoramidate prodrugs of nucleoside derivatives that prevent viruses from reproducing or…
Date: March 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1803
Justia Opinion Summary: May is a disabled child of a deceased veteran. The VA found that May was disabled from birth, with permanent incapacity for self-support, and granted him entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC)…
Date: March 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1345
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Commerce issued duty orders covering imports from China of “aluminum extrusions which are shapes and forms, produced by an extrusion process, made from” specified aluminum alloys; "parts for final…
Date: February 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1488
Justia Opinion Summary: Johnson served as an Air Traffic Controller Watch Supervisor. The Air Force alleged that Johnson was at fault for a violation of FAA policy concerning the separation of aircraft during his watch in 2018 and that this was…
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1186
Justia Opinion Summary: Jazz holds an approved New Drug Application (NDA) for the narcolepsy drug Xyrem®, with the active ingredient, GHB, which exerts a heavily sedating effect and is prone to misuse; it is known as a date rape drug. The FDA…
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1787
Justia Opinion Summary: Kluge, an Army Reserve commissioned officer and a civilian employee of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was ordered under 10 U.S.C. 12301(d) to report to active duty in support of a contingency operation,…
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1477
Date: February 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1222
Justia Opinion Summary: Hawk’s patent, titled “high-quality, reduced data rate streaming video product and monitoring system,” relates to a method of viewing multiple simultaneously displayed and stored video images on a remote viewing device…
Date: February 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1377
Justia Opinion Summary: Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA) to stabilize the U.S. economy following the 2008 financial crisis, 123 Stat. 115, creating two types of government-subsidized Build America Bonds (BABs).…
Date: February 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1146
Justia Opinion Summary: Lite-Netics sells string lights held by magnets to a surface such as a roof edge, as the assignee of two patents entitled “Magnetic Light Fixture.” Lite-Netics competes with HBL in the market for holiday string lights.…
Date: February 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2246
Justia Opinion Summary: The application for the 208 patent was filed in 2012 and claims a priority date of November 7, 2011. It is directed to surgical devices for an “endometrial ablation,” which stops or reduces abnormal uterine bleeding. The…
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1662
Justia Opinion Summary: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), promulgated regulations (5 U.S.C. 5545(d) and 5343(c)(4)), to provide hazardous duty and environmental differential pay to federal employees. Current and former employees of the…
Date: February 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2345
Justia Opinion Summary: SSI alleged that DZEM infringes two of SSI’s patents that are generally directed to sensors for determining the characteristics of fluid in a container, such as a fuel tank. SSI’s commercial embodiments of the asserted…
Date: February 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1116
Justia Opinion Summary: ChromaDex’s 807 patent is directed to dietary supplements containing isolated nicotinamide riboside (NR), a form of vitamin B3 naturally present—in non-isolated form—in cow’s milk and other products. Animal cells…
Date: February 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1277
Justia Opinion Summary: Property owners sought compensation for an alleged taking pursuant to the National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. 1241–51. When a railroad wishes to relinquish responsibility over a railroad corridor, it must seek…
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1565
Justia Opinion Summary: Google filed two petitions for inter partes review (IPR) challenging CyWee’s patents. On December 11, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted IPR on all challenged claims. Each IPR was joined by other parties,…
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2326
Justia Opinion Summary: The 1976 Magnuson–Stevens Act contemplated “[a] national program for the conservation and management of the fishery resources of the United States,” 16 U.S.C. 1801(a)(6), and established the United States 200-mile…
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1847
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1848
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2066
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2018, under the Trade Expansion Act, 19 U.S.C. 1862, the Secretary of Commerce reported to the President that steel imports threatened national security by contributing to unsustainably low use of domestic…
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2253
Date: February 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1161
Justia Opinion Summary: Acquisition imported tires manufactured by Shandong from China. Shandong tires were subject to a countervailing duty order; Acquisition deposited estimated duties for the entries at the "all others" rate of 30.61%.…
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 23-101
Justia Opinion Summary: Jawbone sued Google for patent infringement in the Western District of Texas after being assigned ownership of the nine asserted patents and seven months after being incorporated in Texas. Jawbone rents space in Waco to…
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1018
Justia Opinion Summary: The 2010 ACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act) created a three-year Risk Corridors program with the creation of new health-insurance marketplaces, which presented…
Date: January 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2141
Date: January 25, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2095
Justia Opinion Summary: Doyon served in the Navy, 1966-1968; he received several medals and commendations. In 1967, Doyon witnessed the immediate aftermath of an explosion and fire that resulted in more than 130 deaths. When four of his…
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