2012 Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 1 - 500 of 2102

Abrams v. Soc. Sec. Admin.  
Date: December 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3177

Justia Opinion Summary: Judge Abrams was an ALJ with the Social Security Administration since 2001. In 2007 the national office sent regional offices guidelines to facilitate case processing and service delivery. A Collective Bargaining…

HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE INC. V. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Date: December 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1131
REALTIME DATA, LLC. V. MORGAN STANLEY ET AL.
Date: December 28, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1092
C.W. Zumbiel Co., Inc. v. Kappos  
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1332

Justia Opinion Summary: The patent is directed to a carton or box which holds containers such as cans and bottles, having a dispenser-piece with a finger-flap on top for pulling the dispenser-piece either into an open position or fully off of…

MOJARRO V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3079
MOJARRO V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3120
BENNETT MARINE, INC. V. LENCO MARINE, INC.
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1336
IN RE SRI INTERNATIONAL
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1456
PRONOVA BIOPHARMA NORGE AS V. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1498
APPLE INC. V. MOTOROLA, INC.
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1548
REXNORD INDUSTRIES, LLC. V. KAPPOS
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1584
JACKSON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1680
JACKSON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3194
JACKSON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3207
ROQUE V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7091
REBSTOCK V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7169
IN RE BALLY GAMING, INC.
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1132
VALEANT INTERNATIONAL BERMUDA V. WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1117
TAMPA BAY FISHERIES, INC. V. U.S.
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1419
MIKKELSEN GRAPHIC ENGINEERING, INC. V. ZUND AMERICA, INC.
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1472
CADRECHA V. U.S.
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5089
EMAD V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7128
ALEXANDER V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7143
STEPHENS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7157
ELLIOTT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7158
LEYGA V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7166
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION V. ONYX CAPITAL ADVISORS
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1110
MCGAUGH V. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Date: December 26, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3004
CARSON V. SEC. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 10-5089
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES V. BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC.
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1552
Stephen Slesinger, Inc. v. Disney Enters., Inc.  
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1593

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1930, A.A. Milne transferred to Slesinger exclusive merchandising and other rights to Winnie-the-Pooh works in the U.S. and Canada. In 1961, Slesinger exclusively “assigned, granted, and set over to” Disney the rights…

REESE V. VERIZON CALIFORNIA
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1048
VALEANT INTERNATIONAL BERMUDA V. WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1117
LECTROLARM CUSTOM SYSTEMS, INC. V. VICON INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1156
MCKESSON AUTOMATIONS, INC. V. TRANSLOGIC CORP.
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1199
IN RE BIONDI
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1300
IN RE FUSION-IO, INC.
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-139
MIKITYANSKIY V. THERMIONICS, INC.
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1406
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. V. OPEN E CRY, LLC.
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1583
RAMBUS, INC. V. MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1087
SHAMOON V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3031
LEO PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS V. KAPPOS
Date: December 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1520
STEPHAN EVANS V. USPS
Date: December 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3190
JOHN DOE V. DOJ
Date: December 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3204
Rd. & Hwy. Bldrs., LLC v. United States  
Date: December 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5063

Justia Opinion Summary: The IRS assigned a taxpayer identification number to Crystal Cascades, LLC. The company changed its name to Crystal Cascades Civil, LLC (CCC), but did not notify the IRS and continued using the original number. A Nevada…

Presidio Components, Inc. v. Am. Tech. Ceramics, Inc.  
Date: December 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1355

Justia Opinion Summary: Presidio is a manufacturer of electrical components for high-tech applications, operated by the three listed inventors on the 356 patent, entitled “Integrated Broadband Ceramic Capacitor Array.” ATC manufactures…

AMERICAN PATENT DEVELOPMENT CORP., LLC. V. MOVIELINK, LLC.
Date: December 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1554
In re: Fox  
Date: December 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1212

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2001 Fox sought to register a mark having a literal element, consisting of the words COCK SUCKER, and a design element, consisting of a drawing of a crowing rooster. Since 1979, Fox has used this mark to sell…

ASIA PACIFIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: December 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1225
SCHOLLE CUSTOM PACKAGIN, INC. V. GRAYLING IND., INC.
Date: December 19, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1005
Changzhou Wujin Fine Chem. Factory Co., Ltd. v. United States  
Date: December 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1080

Justia Opinion Summary: When merchandise is sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, the Commerce Department may impose antidumping duties, 19 U.S.C. 1673e(a)(1), 1677b(a)(1), 1677a(a). Commerce generally determines individual margins for each…

IGT v. Alliance Gaming Corp.  
Date: December 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1166

Justia Opinion Summary: IGT owns patents related to “wheel games,” casino gaming machines containing a secondary bonus game incorporating a spinning wheel. IGT sued Bally for infringement and Bally counterclaimed under state and federal…

Intel Corp. v. Negotiated Data Solutions, Inc.  
Date: December 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1448

Justia Opinion Summary: In the 1970s Intel and National developed semiconductor technology and entered into a cross-licensing agreement that gave Intel “non-exclusive, non-transferrable, royalty-free, world-wide licenses under NATIONAL PATENTS…

Astrazeneca UK, Ltd. v. Aurobindo Pharma, Ltd.  
Date: December 14, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1460

Justia Opinion Summary: The 314 patent, a reissue of the 440 patent, covers the “statin” drug with the brand name Crestor®, which is approved for use in control of cholesterol and for treatment of atherosclerosis. The active ingredient of…

THE PAW WASH, LLC. V. PAW PLUNGER, LLC.
Date: December 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1240
MICROSOFT CORP. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: December 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1445
MICROSOFT CORP. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: December 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1535
WOLFCHILD V. U.S.
Date: December 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5035
BALDRIDGE V. GPO
Date: December 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-6001
OSRAM Sylvania, Inc. v. Am. Induction Techs., Inc.  
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1091

Justia Opinion Summary: OSRAM’s patent claims a closed-loop tubular electrodeless lamp, having certain and specific discharge current and pressure parameters. The invention generally relates to “a low pressure, high intensity fluorescent light…

Brooks v. Dunlop Mfg., Inc.  
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1164

Justia Opinion Summary: Under 35 U.S.C. 292(a) it is unlawful to engage in specified acts of false patent marking, such as affixing a mark that falsely asserts that the item is patented, with intent to deceive the public. Prior to 2011, the…

BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION V. AEROFLEX INC.
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1559
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. V. OPEN E CRY, LLC.
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1583
HOME PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1608
ENOCEAN GMBH V. FACE INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1645
SHIPP V. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3141
GOSSAGE V. DEPT. OF LABOR
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3217
IN RE SERETTI
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1010
LEE V. MIKE'S NOVELTIES, INC.
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1049
HUBBELL INC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1082
PAYTON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3011
CORR V. METRO WASHINGTON AIRPORTS
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1501
KINGPAK TECH V. KAPPOS
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1231
BOURDEAU BROS., INC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1262
IN RE BELISARIO
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-137
INGENIADOR, LLC. V. INTERWOVEN, INC.
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1497
GREEN EDGE ENTERPRISES, LLC. V. RUBBER MULCH ETC., LLC.
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1539
IN RE GUIFFRIDA
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1692
MACNEILL V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3175
WESTERN MANAGEMENT V. U.S.
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5005
MAY V. U.S.
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5109
CHOI V. U.S.
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5111
ROQUE V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7091
MARKEM-IMAJE CORP. V. ZIPHER LTD.
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1032
BRIGHT RESPONSE, LLC. V. YAHOO! INC.
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1045
NISSIM CORP. V. CLEARPLAY, INC.
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1188
WI-LAN, INC. V. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1273
IN RE VEGAS AMUSEMENT, INC.
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1279
FLUOR TEC, CORP. V. U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1295
FRENCH V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3151
DIAZ-LABOY V. U.S.
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5072
BURNEY V. U.S.
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5088
YOUNG V. U.S.
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5112
GILBERT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7006
HUNT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7039
AOANAN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7076
PYLE V. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Date: December 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-8001
STORED VALUE SALUTIONS, INC. V. CARD ACTIVATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1528
REMBRANDT DATA STORAGE, LP. V. WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1159
HEFLIN V. COLEMAN MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, LLC.
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1287
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1297
PANDUIT CORP. V. KAPPOS
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1435
PANDUIT CORP. V. KAPPOS
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1437
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1513
Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS, B.V. V. KAPPOS
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1630
CYBERFONE SYSTEMS, LLC. V. CNN INTERACTIVE GROUP, INC.
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1673
RAMBUS INC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1677
RICKETTS V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3109
BECKER V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3111
MEHAFFY V. U.S.
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5069
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. V. GOOGLE INC.
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1021
ANCHOR SAVINGS BANK, FSB V. U.S.
Date: December 10, 2012
Docket Number: 13-5005
Raylon, LLC v. Complus Data Innovations, Inc.  
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1355

Justia Opinion Summary: Raylon’s patent, directed to a hand-held identification investigating and ticket issuing system is intended to provide an affordable system that reduces the amount of time a user spends identifying and issuing tickets…

IN RE DITTO
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1182
CLEARVALUE, INC. V. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC.
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1595
MARSHALL V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3012
TSUNGU V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3155
BURNETT V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3176
PASHAYEV V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3214
Comint Sys. Corp. v. United States  
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5039

Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Defense issued a solicitation seeking offers for a multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for information technology services. The agency described the services as “Net-Centric…

SCHEIDEL V. U.S.
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5128
CROMAN CORP. V. U.S.
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5138
MACPHERSON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7086
SMITH V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7113
STEWART V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7117
WHITE V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7174
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS CO. LTD. V. ZYDUS PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1089
BANEY V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3003
Pregis Corp. v. Kappos  
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1492

Justia Opinion Summary: Free-Flow and Pregis are competitors in the air-filled packaging cushion industry. Air-filled cushions are used to fill space in shipping boxes carrying lightweight items that do not take up all the available space in a…

HIGHMARK, INC. V. ALLCARE HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1219
DUBSKY V. UNITED STATES
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5123
KING V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7159
In re Yamazaki  
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1086

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1995, Yamazaki filed a patent application, “Improved Semiconductor Having Low Concentration of Phosphorus.” The examiner issued an obviousness-type double patenting rejection based on Yamazaki’s earlier-issued 476…

ASIA PACIFIC MICROSYSTEMS V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1225
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC V. CORDIS
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1316
APPLE V. MOTOROLA
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1548
HOME PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL V. UNITED STATES
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1608
JOAO CONTROL & MONITORING SYSTEMS V. SMARTVUE
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1637
FINGER V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3122
HOWARD V. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3143
CADRECHA V. UNITED STATES
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5089
ROBERTS V. UNITED STATES
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5113
JACKSON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7056
PETERSON V. SHINSEKI
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7133
AIA ENGINEERING LIMITED V. MAGOTTEAUX INTERNATIONAL
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1035
Cummins, Inc. v. TAS Distrib. Co., Inc.  
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1134

Justia Opinion Summary: Since 2003, Cummins and TAS have been engaged in three separate actions regarding idle-control technologies for heavy-duty truck engines. Earlier suits concerned breach of a master license agreement between the parties.…

King v. Shinseki  
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7159

Justia Opinion Summary: A VA regional office awarded King disability compensation for residuals of a left knee surgery and right knee arthritis. King later sought disability compensation for disabilities of the back and hips on a direct basis…

Deere & Co. v. Bush Hog, L.L.C.  
Date: December 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1629

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff’s patent discloses an “easy clean dual wall deck” for a rotary cutter. Defendants manufacture rotary cutters that are pulled behind a tractor and used to mow wide swaths of ground. The accused rotary cutters…

IN RE PANTALONE
Date: December 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1301
INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: December 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1628
MCDANIEL V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3183
PAYTON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: December 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3212
KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES, INC. V. U.S.
Date: December 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5106
SMITH V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7084
MADDEN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7152
GROBEST & I-MEI INDUSTRIAL (VIETNAM) CO. V. U.S.
Date: December 4, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1033
BURNETT V. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Date: December 3, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3102
SIMPKINS V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: December 3, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3201
STANLEY V. DVA
Date: December 3, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7121
RUSBULDT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: December 3, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7177
ROYSTER V. LAMAS
Date: December 3, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1065
Arcelor Mittal France v. AK Steel Corp.  
Date: November 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1638

Justia Opinion Summary: ArcelorMittal’s patent covers boron steel sheet with an aluminum-based coating applied after rolling the sheet to its final thickness. The steel is used for “hot-stamping:” rapidly heating the steel, stamping it into…

THOMAS V. STATE OF WISCONSIN
Date: November 30, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1464
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: November 30, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1620
ALLEY'S OF KNGSPORT, INC. V. U.S.
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-134
ALLEY'S OF KINGSPORT, INC. V. U.S.
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-135
IN RE JASINSKI
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1482
IN RE BAYNE
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1640
IN RE HAASE
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1690
OIP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. V. AMAZON.COM, INC.
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1696
JONES V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3120
WILLINGHAM V. DEPT. OF THE NAVY
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3152
NEPOMOCINO CALILONG V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3181
PATEREK V. SEC. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5078
HINOJOSA V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7176
WAGONER V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: November 29, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3006
ORENSHTEYN V. CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: November 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1308
Fox Group, Inc. v. Cree, Inc.  
Date: November 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1576

Justia Opinion Summary: Fox owns the 130 patent, which claims a low defect silicon carbide (SiC) crystal and relates to a method and apparatus of said crystal and claims priority from a 1997 application. SiC crystal is a semiconductor material…

APELDYN CORP. V. AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Date: November 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1172
IN RE MOTIONPOINT CORP.
Date: November 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-133
IN RE DENTAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Date: November 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-138
BROWN V. DEPT. OF ARMY
Date: November 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3118
BANEY V. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Date: November 28, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3003
CAMP V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 28, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3008
MCNEEL V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: November 28, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3019
Superior Indus., L.L.C. v. Thor Global Enter., Ltd.  
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1549

Justia Opinion Summary: Superior owns three patents, which claim priority to a 2006 application and cover a “Braced Telescoping Support Strut and System” that supports a portable conveyor assembly to transport and stockpile rock, sand, grain,…

INVENTIO AG. V. OTIS ELEVATOR CO.
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1615
Revision Military, Inc. v. Balboa Mfg. Co.  
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1628

Justia Opinion Summary: Revision and Balboa design, manufacture, and sell protective eyewear. Revision markets its ballistic protective eyewear primarily to military establishments and law enforcement agencies, and to others who require eye…

STEWARD V. ASTRUE
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1477
INSTITUT PASTEUR V. KAPPOS
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1484
BURNETT V. DEPT. OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3176
FOURNIER V. U.S.
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5056
KETTLE V. U.S.
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5099
GLASS V. U.S.
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5101
MCCANN V. U.S.
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5122
HALE V. U.S.
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5132
ROBINSON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7045
ALEXSAM, INC. V. PIER 1 IMPORTS
Date: November 27, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1003
PSC VSMPO-AVISMA CORP. V. U.S.
Date: November 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1076
SEIRUS INNOVATIVE ACCESSORIES, INC. V. GORDINI U.S.A., INC.
Date: November 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1403
SEIRUS INNOVATIVE ACCESSORIES, INC. V. GORDINI U.S.A., INC.
Date: November 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1404
ePlus, Inc. v. Lawson Software, Inc.  
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1396

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found that Lawson infringes ePlus’s method and system claims for “electronic sourcing,” which is similar to online shopping. The specification explains that electronic sourcing systems existed in prior art, but…

OTTAH V. 1ST MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1405
VICTOR STANLEY, INC. V. CREATIVE PIPE, INC.
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1638
RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1648
SIBU, LLC. V. BUBBLES, INC.
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1651
TWENTER V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3116
COLLINS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7108
WILSON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7123
VAILATI V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7154
WINSETT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7180
SEC. OF ENERGY V. THE BOEING CO.
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1304
PERKINELMER, INC. V. INTEMA LTD.
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1577
PITTS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7182
IN RE CLASSEN IMMUNOTHERAPIES, INC.
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1141
Ritz Camera & Image, LLC v. Sandisk Corp.  
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1183

Justia Opinion Summary: SanDisk allegedly controls the market for NAND flash memory, a computer chip that can be erased and reprogrammed that is widely used in consumer products such as digital cameras, mobile phones, and USB drives. Retailers…

ALMONDET, INC. V. MICROSOFT CORP.
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1203
SHERMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. V. OXFORD INSTRUMENTS, PLC
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1218
IN RE SUTTON
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1255
IN RE SMITH
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1344
WINEGARD CO. V. ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1282
BUTAMAX(TM) ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC V. GEVO, INC.
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1490
NICHOLS V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3027
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Drilling USA, Inc.  
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1555

Justia Opinion Summary: The patents share a common specification, directed to an improved apparatus for offshore drilling. Transocean sought to improve on the time-consuming process of lowering equipment to the seabed by using a “dualactivity”…

TROPP V. CONAIR CORP.
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1583
MONSANTO CO. V. DAVID
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1128
WOODS V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3058
JUXTACOMM-TEXAS SOFTWARE, LLC. V. TIBCO SOFTWARE, INC.
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1004
Norgren, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n  
Date: November 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1349

Justia Opinion Summary: The 392 patent discloses a “four-sided, generally rectangular clamp” for connecting fluid flow elements, especially those used in compressed air systems—filters, regulators, and lubricators. The only independent claim is…

Hor v. Chu  
Date: November 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1540

Justia Opinion Summary: Chu was a professor of physics, Hor was a graduate student and Meng worked in Chu’s group as an independent materials scientist, researching superconducting compositions with transition temperatures higher than the…

WYETH AND CORDIS V. ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Date: November 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1223
OFFICE AUTOMATION & TRAINING CONSULTANTS CORP. V. SEC. OF THE ARMY
Date: November 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1242
RODRIGUEZ V. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Date: November 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3040
SMETS V. DEPT. OF THE NAVY
Date: November 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3047
WOLFCHILD V. UNITED STATES
Date: November 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5035
BOYD V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7004
Edwards Lifesciences AG v. Corevalve, Inc.  
Date: November 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1215

Justia Opinion Summary: The patent, issued in 1995, entitled “Valve Prosthesis for Implantation in the Body and a Catheter for Implanting Such Valve Prosthesis,” describes a prosthetic heart valve, mounted on a stent and implanted by catheter…

WILLIS V. CAN'T STOP PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Date: November 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1109
Arctic Slope Native Assoc., Ltd. v. Sebelius  
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1485

Justia Opinion Summary: ASNA is an inter-tribal consortium of federally recognized tribes situated in Alaska. In 1996, 1997, and 1998, ASNA contracted with the Department of Health and Human Services, under the Indian Self-Determination and…

IN RE FINJAN, INC.
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1542
PEREZ V. U.S.
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5129
Youngman v. Shinseki  
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7139

Justia Opinion Summary: Youngman, fiduciary for deceased veteran Richardson, sought payment of accrued benefits of about $350,000 that had been awarded to Richardson before his death. Payment had been delayed while the Kansas state courts were…

HORIZON LINES, LLC. V. U.S.
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1163
STERN V. SEQUAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1207
PFIZER INC. V. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1576
Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS, B.V. V. KAPPOS
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1630
RAMBUS INC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1677
GLASSER V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3146
WARREN V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3147
JOSEPH V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3156
JOHNSON V. DEPT. OF THE TREASURY
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3158
AMBASE CORP. V. U.S.
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5047
ADAMOWICZ V. U.S.
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5053
SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY, LLC. V. U.S.
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5075
MORENO V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7170
SPAHN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 13-7006
JOY MM DELAWARE, INC. V. CINCINNATI MINE MACHINERY, CO.
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1153
CHAMNES V. MCHUGH
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1547
ENOCEAN GMBH V. FACE INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1645
IN RE BENSON
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1663
IN RE BENSON
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1664
NOBLE V. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3138
ROWE V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3186
STARANOWICZ V. DEPT. OF THE TREASURY
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3197
HONEA V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3199
WILLIAMS V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3200
TALASILA, INC. V. U.S.
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5137
YONEK V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7120
WINSETT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7180
YANGZHOU BESTPAK GIFTS & CRAFTS CO., LTD. V. U.S.
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1312
SANDERS V. FLANDERS
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1394
BONE CARE INTERNATIONAL LLC. V. ROXANE LABORATORIES INC.
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1525
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH V. VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1575
INTELLECT WIRELESS, INC. V. HTC CORP.
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1658
GREENVILLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC. V. CELLCO PARTNERSHIP
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1676
PRASCH V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3185
NCLN20, INC. V. U.S.
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5001
STELLA V. U.S.
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5116
COHEN V. U.S.
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5135
ROBINSON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7045
COLON-RIVERA V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7110
FARMER V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7119
MCCURRY V. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3014
INGRAM V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3022
UNION STEEL V. U.S.
Date: November 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1248
SOURCE VAGABOND SYSTEMS LTD. V. HYDRAPAK, INC.
Date: November 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1408
TRAVEL SENTRY, INC. V. TROPP
Date: November 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1023
Voter Verified, Inc. v. Premier Election Solutions, Inc.  
Date: November 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1553

Justia Opinion Summary: Voter Verified’s patent, issued in 2008 and claiming priority from an application filed in 2000, patent discloses and claims automated systems and methods for voting in an election. It features a self-verification…

COSSIO V. DONLEY
Date: November 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1662
IN RE HAASE
Date: November 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1690
HIBBARD V. SEC. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Date: November 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5007
WOLFCHILD V. U.S.
Date: November 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5035
TAYLOR V. DEPT. OF THE AIR FORCE
Date: November 5, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3001
MARSHALL V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: November 5, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3012
ASATOV V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: November 5, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3020
S3 GRAPHICS V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: November 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1127
APELDYN V. AU OPTRONICS
Date: November 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1172
ASIA PACIFIC MICROSYSTEMS V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: November 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1225
SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND V. GENENTECH
Date: November 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1454
MIKKELSEN GRAPHIC ENGINEERING V. ZUND AMERICA
Date: November 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1472
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: November 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3099
Hibbard v. Sec'y Health & Human Servs.  
Date: November 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5007

Justia Opinion Summary: Hibbard, then 41 years old and working as a teacher, received a flu vaccination in 2003. She claims that the flu vaccine caused her to develop a neurological disorder known as dysautonomia, a dysfunction of the autonomic…

CENCAST SERVICES V. UNITED STATES
Date: November 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5142
IN RE BROADCOM
Date: November 2, 2012
Docket Number: 13-141
WYETH V. ABBOT LABORATORIES
Date: November 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1223
ROLEX V. AFP IMAGING CORP.
Date: November 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1260
IN RE BAYER CROPSCIENCE, LP.
Date: November 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1444
MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: November 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1666
IN RE YEAGER
Date: November 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1667
PASHAYEV V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: November 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3214
THREE S CONSULTING V. U.S.
Date: November 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5104
MENDOZA V. U.S.
Date: November 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5123
ROQUE V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: November 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7091
NWOGU V. U.S.
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5015
PLANTRONICS, INC. V. ALIPH, INC.
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1355
REIFFIN V. MICROSOFT CORP. [ORDER}
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1357
FLUOR INTERCONTINENTAL, INC. V. CLINTON
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1553
COBELL V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3080
TUROCY V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7008
IN RE BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date: October 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1073
PECARD V. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
Date: October 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3151
JOAO CONTROL & MONITERING SYSTEMS, LLC. V. SMARTVUE CORP.
Date: October 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1637
KELLY V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7024
HUNT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7039
KERLINSKY V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7118
IN RE BALLY GAMBLING, INC.
Date: October 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1132
INGENIADOR, LLC. V. INTERWOVER, INC.
Date: October 25, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1497
IN RE RICOH CO., LTD.
Date: October 25, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1522
BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG V. DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC.
Date: October 25, 2012
Docket Number: 13-1002
ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC. V. OCTANE FITNESS, LLC.
Date: October 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1521
Flo Healthcare Solutions, LLC v. Kappos  
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1476

Justia Opinion Summary: Flo sued Rioux for infringing a patent that describes a mobile computer workstation intended for medical care environments. Rioux then initiated an inter partes reexamination of the patent. The Patent and Trademark…

DUBSKY V. U.S.
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5123
KD1 DEVELOPMENT, INC. V. GENERAL SERVICE ADMIN.
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1160
IN RE DELL INC.
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-129
IN RE CITY OF HOUSTON
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1356
THERASENSE, INC. V. BECTON, DICKINSON AND CO.
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1365
RACK ROOM SHOES V. U.S.
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1391
COSTANTINO V. SHEILZ
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1511
TRIPHARMA, LLC. V. FIRST FRUITS BUSINESS MINISTRY, LLC.
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1627
BURNETT V. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3102
BROWN V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3118
YEH V. DEPT. OF DEFENSE
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3216
PRINKLEY V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7138
GANT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7147
FEHER V. SMITHSONIAN INST.
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3002
WAGONER V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3006
APELDYN CORP. V. AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1172
JINXIANG HEJIA CO., LTD. V. U.S.
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1613
CHARLES V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3196
SWINGER V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3213
FARROW V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7074
REBSTOCK V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7169
HINOJOSA V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7176
DISTRIBUTED SOLUTIONS V. UNITED STATES
Date: October 18, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5129
Tech. Patents LLC v. T-Mobile (UK) Ltd.  
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1581

Justia Opinion Summary: The patent describes a “global paging system utilizing a land-based packet-switched digital data net-work (e.g. the Internet) and a feature for permitting subscribers to remotely designate countries in which they are, or…

IN RE IMPAX LABORATORIEX, INC.
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-131
THOMAS V. MCCULLOCH
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1367
PFIZER INC. V. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1576
COBELL V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3080
GALLOWAY V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3203
PAYTON V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 13-3011
IN RE SHUKH
Date: October 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-132
ZIYA V. THOMAS/WRIGHT INC.
Date: October 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1563
IN RE REX DAYSH
Date: October 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1582
PULUNGAN V. U.S.
Date: October 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5110
BUTLER V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7134
MATHIS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7141
LETT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7159
IN RE BROADCOM CORP.
Date: October 16, 2012
Docket Number: 13-141
IN RE EMC CORP.
Date: October 16, 2012
Docket Number: 13-142
MCCARTHY V. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-3239
Bowers Inv. Co, LLC v. United States  
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5102

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1993, Bowers and the FAA entered into a lease for office and warehouse space. The FAA agreed to monthly payments, $19,509, beginning in January 1994, payable each month “in arrears.” The parties modified the lease…

KENNEDY V. SEC. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5106
HILL V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7016
AYERS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7060
IN RE BARTON PATENT 533, LLC.
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1116
SPECTRALYTICS, INC. V. CORDIS CORP.
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1121
IN RE FREEDOM SCIENTIFIC, INC.
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1145
IMAGINAL SYSTEMATIC, LLC. V. LEGGETT & PLATT, INC.
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1313
IN RE DENTAL IMAGIND TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-138
CBT FLINT PARTNERS, LLC. V. RETURN PATH, INC.
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1460
EVERYMD V. SANTORUM
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1491
APPLE INC. V. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1506
U.S. V. HUDSON
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1512
PARHAM V. HARRIS-ONAXIS
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1519
IN RE LAUFFER
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1537
Cent. Pines Land Co., LLC v. United States  
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5002

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1996, CP sued the United States, claiming that CP owned minerals underlying Louisiana property (Groups A, B, and C mineral servitudes), and that between 1943 and 1978, the government imposed a drilling and operations…

GRIFFIN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7001
STOFFEL V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7102
HALL V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7115
Energy Transp. Group, Inc. v. Wm. Demant Holding A/S WDH, Inc.  
Date: October 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1487

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found that Demant and Widex infringed the 749 and 850 patents. The court entered judgment finding noninfringement of the 749 patent, finding that prosecution history estoppel barred the finding of infringement…

ABBOTT LABORATORIES V. CORDIS CORP.
Date: October 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1244
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. V. APOTEX INC.
Date: October 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1270
VOGLEWEDE V. LEE
Date: October 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1382
CBT FLINT PARTNERS, LLC. V. RETURN PATH, INC.
Date: October 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1460
Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elec. Co., Ltd.  
Date: October 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1507

Justia Opinion Summary: Apple alleged that Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smart-phone infringed patents, including the 604 patent. Asserted claim 6 of the 604 patent is directed to a “unified search” that uses heuristic modules to search multiple data…

INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY CORP. V. RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: October 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1593
HERRERA V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: October 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3101
LAWRENCE BROTHERS V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3180
DIAZ-LABOY V. U.S.
Date: October 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5072
OCEAN INNOVATIONS, INC. V. GULF COAST FLOATING DOCKS, INC.
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1582
WHITE V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-7194
FUTURELOGIC, INC. V. NANOPTIX, INC.
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1095
ASPEX EYEWEAR, INC. V. ALTAIR EYEWEAR, INC.
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1102
MIKITYANSKIY V. THERMIONICS
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1406
NOVOZYMES V. DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1433
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY V. RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1593
ST. CLAIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSULTANTS V. MATSUSHITA
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1652
WILSON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3092
PATEL V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3113
ARGUETA V. SEC. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5065
MCBETH V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7014
GNADER V. SHINSEKI
Date: October 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7153
CLS BANK INTERNATIONAL V. ALICE CORP. PTY. LTD.
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1301
Sandisk Corp. v. Kingston Tech. Co., Inc.  
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1346

Justia Opinion Summary: SanDisk sued Kingston for infringement of four patents relating to aspects of flash memory for USB “thumbdrives,” computers, smart phones, and mp3 players. Flash memory continues to store data after a power source is…

IN RE COLLEN IP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW P.C.
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1114
EWINWIN, INC. V. GROUPON, INC.
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1165
U.S. RUBBER RECYCLING V. ECORE INT'L
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1166
EIT HOLDINGS LLC. V. YELP! INC.
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1192
WAX V. AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1494
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA V. OVERSTOCK.COM
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1629
VICTOR STANLEY V. CREATIVE PIPE
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1638
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS V. WATSON LABORATORIES
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1693
CRAWFORD V. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3037
TATE V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3066
HILL V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3093
JACKSON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3098
D&S CONSULTANTS, INC. V. U.S.
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5031
MAY V. UNITED STATES
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5109
WOOD V. SHINSEKI
Date: October 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7181
Beer v. United States  
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 10-5012

Justia Opinion Summary: The 1989 Ethics Reform Act, 103 Stat. 1716, limited a federal judge’s ability to earn outside income, but provided for automatic, non-discretionary cost of living adjustments (COLA); whenever a COLA for General Schedule…

SYNQOR, INC. V. ARTESYN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1191
SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. V. APOTEX, INC.
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1179
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. V. CORDIS CORP.
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1316
U.S. V. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1462
IN RE BENSON
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1663
IN RE BENSON
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1664
SALAZAR V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3011
FOX V. DEPT. OF DEFENSE
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3078
JOHNSON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3096
GINGERY V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3110
GOSSAGE V. DEPT. OF LABOR
Date: October 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3217
In re Miracle Tuesday, LLC  
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1373

Justia Opinion Summary: MT filed an application with the Patent and Trademark Office, to register the mark JPK PARIS 75 in connection with sunglasses, wallets, handbags and purses, travel bags, suitcases, belts, and shoes. “JPK” are the…

IN RE VEAS AMUSEMENT, INC.
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1279
BARON SERVICES, INC. V. MEDIA WEATHER INNOVATIONS LLC.
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1285
DONALDSON V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3106
BRIGHAM V. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN.
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3129
LEVINE V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3172
MASON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3178
CUMMINGS V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3202
GRAND ACADIAN, INC. V. U.S.
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5124
SCHEIDEL V. U.S.
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5128
GALLO-RODRIGUEZ V. U.S.
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5136
BURTON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7011
STANLEY V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 4, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7121
FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: October 3, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1149
HECKMANN BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC. V. HOHMANN & BARNARD, INC.
Date: October 3, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1521
AMBASE CORP. V. U.S.
Date: October 3, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5047
Belkin Int'l, Inc. v. Kappos  
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1090

Justia Opinion Summary: Belkin filed a request for inter partes reexamination of the 281 patent, which is directed to a wireless router, alleging 10 substantial new questions of patentability regarding claims 1–32 based on four prior art…

IN RE FUSION-IO, INC.
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-139
K-TECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. V. TIME WARNER CABLE, INC.
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1425
K-TECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. V. DIRECTV
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1446
VITA-MIX CORP. V. KAPPOS
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1447
ROYSTON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3095
DISTRIBUTED SOLUTIONS, INC. V. U.S.
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5129
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. V. PANETTA
Date: October 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1249
PANDUIT CORP. V. KAPPOS
Date: October 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1437
ACTIVEVIDEO NETWORKS, INC. V. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Date: October 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1479
BURNETT V. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Date: October 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3102
COOPER V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3112
NASUTI V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: October 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3162
1ST MEDIA, LLC. V. ELECTRONIC ARTS, INC.
Date: September 28, 2012
Docket Number: 10-1435
In re Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.  
Date: September 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1516

Justia Opinion Summary: Abbott owns the 752 patent and the 509 patent, which share a common specification that describes methods and devices “for the in vivo monitoring of an analyte using an electrochemical sensor to provide information to a…

METSO MINERALS, INC. V. POWERSCREEN INTERNATIONAL DIST.
Date: September 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1572
Pozen, Inc. v. Par Pharma., Inc.  
Date: September 28, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1584

Justia Opinion Summary: Pozen developed a method for treating migraines by combining two drugs, sumatriptan and naproxen, in a single tablet, which it markets with GlaxoSmithKline as Treximet. Sumatriptan, a 5-HT receptor agonist, was developed…

IN RE VEGAS AMUSEMENT, INC.
Date: September 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1279
APPLE INC. V. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: September 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1506
ARIA DIAGNOSTICS, INC. V. SEQUENOM, INC.
Date: September 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1531
MANN V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: September 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3059
COBELL V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: September 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3080
KOLZE V. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN.
Date: September 28, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3163
IN RE CITY OF HOUSTON
Date: September 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1356
LEO PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, LTD. V. KAPPOS
Date: September 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-1520
ULRICH V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: September 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3035
BRONT V. DEPT. OF THE TREASURY
Date: September 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3121
MOLTZEN V. DEPT. OF LABOR
Date: September 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3145
ROWE V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: September 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3186
CRAWFORD V. DEPT. OF THE TREASURY
Date: September 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3206
PAYTON V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: September 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-3212
JENSON V. U.S.
Date: September 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-5126
STEPHENS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-7157
DUBSKY V. U.S.
Date: September 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-5123

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