SHIMANO, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: September 26, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1286
NOVO NORDISK INC. V. AUROBINDO PHARMA LTD.
Date: September 26, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1388
IN RE FUSION-IO, INC.
Date: September 26, 2012
Docket Number:
12-139
ARACOMA COAL CO. V. U.S.
Date: September 26, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5090
MEAD V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 26, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7128
Matthews Int'l Corp. v. Biosafe Eng'g, LLC
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1044
Justia Opinion Summary: Matthews manufactures cremation equipment, caskets, and bronze memorials for sale to funeral homes. Its Bio Cremation™ product, uses an alkaline hydrolysis process, as an environmentally friendly alternative to…
IN RE DENTAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number:
12-138
PRECISION LINKS INC. V. USA PRODUCTS GROUP, INC.
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1461
APPLE INC. V. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1506
APPLE INC. V. MOTOROLA, INC.
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1548
SIBU, LLC. V. BUBBLES, INC.
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1651
KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES, INC. V. U.S.
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5106
PARKS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7089
LEYGA V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7166
CORR V. METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS AUTHORITY
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1501
CLEARVALUE, INC. V. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC.
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1595
APPLE INC. V. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1600
MARSHALL V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7071
MARTIN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7144
BELTON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7150
Outside the Box Innovations, LLC v. Travel Caddy, Inc.
Date: September 21, 2012
Docket Number:
09-1171
Justia Opinion Summary: Outside the Box sought a declaratory judgment against Travel Caddy and its distributor. The district court held that Travel Caddy’s patent and its continuation patent are unenforceable in their entirety, based on…
In re Droge
Date: September 21, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1600
Justia Opinion Summary: The 772 application is directed to methods and compositions for recombining DNA in a eukaryotic cell (a cell with a nucleus), such as a human cell. The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences affirmed rejection of…
Wolfsen Land & Cattle Co. v. United States
Date: September 21, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5113
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1942, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation dammed the upper San Joaquin River near Friant, California. Friant Dam still operates, generates electricity and collects water for agriculture, but causes portions of the river to…
APPLE INC. V. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: September 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1506
RESQNET.COM, INC. V. LANSA, INC.
Date: September 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1189
IN RE HTC CORP.
Date: September 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-130
ORION IP, LLC. V. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA
Date: September 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1432
PA ADVISORS, LLC. V. GOOGLE, INC.
Date: September 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1448
CHOI V. U.S.
Date: September 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5111
GRIFFIN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7001
MATHIS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7093
Tip Top Constr., Inc.v. Donahoe
Date: September 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1509
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007 the Postal Service awarded Tip Top a contract under which the Postal Service would assign individual projects by issuing work orders. In 2009, the Postal Service issued a work order to replace the air…
Medtronic, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp.
Date: September 18, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1313
Justia Opinion Summary: Medtronic sought a declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of reissue patents covering a cardiac resynchronization therapy device (previously called a biventricular pacer). The district court entered…
Evans v. United States
Date: September 17, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1303
Justia Opinion Summary: Landowners along a trail in Missouri and Kansas sought to join an existing “takings” suit against the United States, concerning the Rails-to-Trails program, filed under the Tucker Act. The initial plaintiff characterized…
MERIAL LTD. V. VELCERA, INC.
Date: September 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1505
BECKER V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3111
STRAUSBAUGH V. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Date: September 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3126
FREDRICK-BEY V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: September 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3165
RADIO SYSTEMS CORP. V. LALOR
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1233
SANDISK CORP. V. KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY CO., INC.
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1384
K-TECH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. V. DIRECTV
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1446
KYD, INC. V. U.S.
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1533
1ST Media, LLC v. Electronic Arts, Inc.
Date: September 13, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1435
Justia Opinion Summary: The holder of the 946 Patent, “System and Apparatus for Interactive Multimedia Entertainment,” issued in 1995, alleged infringement. The district court found that, during prosecution of the 946 patent, the named…
IN RE REMBRANDT TECHNOLOGIES, LP
Date: September 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1022
MERLIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. V. NAPOLITANO
Date: September 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1123
BANNUM, INC. V. HOLDER
Date: September 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1430
TRIVITUS, INC. V. OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.
Date: September 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1500
SPECTROS CORP. V. THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
Date: September 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1530
MOSLEY V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: September 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3182
BARNETT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3189
GRONER V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7072
HUBBELL INC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: September 11, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1620
DONALDSON V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: September 11, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3160
NASUTI V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: September 11, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3162
WILLIAMS V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: September 11, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3200
ORENSHTEYN V. CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1308
Hartman v. United States
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5110
Justia Opinion Summary: As a partner of E&Y, Hartman received restricted shares in Cap Gemini as part of a 2000 sale. The agreement provided for an initial sale of 25 percent of the shares to satisfy each partner’s tax liability as a result of…
3D SYSTEMS, INC. V. ENVISIONTEC, INC.
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1099
IN RE OWENS
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1261
IN RE PRINCETON DIGITAL IMAGE CORP.
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-136
NISSIM CORP. V. KAPPOS
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1409
CLEARVALUE, INC. V. PEARL RIVER POLYMERS, INC.
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1595
BASS V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3086
YOUNG V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3105
GRAVES V. DEPT. OF THE AIR FORCE
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3128
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3173
ROWE V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3186
BURNEY V. U.S.
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5088
CADRECHA V. U.S.
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5089
PIRKL V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7067
HECKMAN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7079
Arcelormittal Stainless Belgium, N.V. v. United States
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1578
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Commerce issued an antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel plate in coils (SSPC). The order states that the products subject to the order are those which are “4.75 mm or more in thickness.”…
HARRIS V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3149
DUBSKY V. U.S.
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5123
ALEXSAM, INC. V. IDT CORP.
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1063
TROPP V. CONAIR CORP.
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1337
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1513
JONES V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3114
PAYTON V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3193
Semper v. United States
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5003
Justia Opinion Summary: Semper worked as a probation officer for the District Court of the Virgin Islands until he was removed from his position on August 6, 2010. The reason given for his termination was that he was negligent in supervision of…
FIGUEROA V. SEC. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5064
MASON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7042
K-TEC, Inc. v. Vita-Mix Corp.
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1244
Justia Opinion Summary: K-TEC, a company that manufactures and sells commercial blending equipment, owns U.S. Patents 117 842, which generally disclose and claim a blending system that contains a blending jar with a specific geometry. The…
MCGINNIS V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3168
SCOTT TIMBER CO. V. U.S.
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5092
CONVOLVE, INC. V. COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP.
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1074
SCHMIRLER V. KAPPOS
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1078
ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC. V. U.S.
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1200
IN RE FREEDMAN
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1211
APPLE, INC. V. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1600
COOPER V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3112
BRONT V. DEPT. OF THE TREASURY
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3121
POLLACK V. U.S.
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5042
JOHN H. BANKS ET AL. V. U.S.
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5067
MCCANN V. U.S.
Date: September 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5122
Scott Timber Co. v. United States
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5092
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009 the Forest Service awarded Scott contracts to remove timber on federally-owned plots during a designated period. Scott was then pursuing litigation based on delays in other contracts resulting from environmental…
VITA-MIX CORP. V. KAPPOS
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1024
UNION STEEL V. U.S.
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1248
ERNIE BALL, INC. V. EARVANA, LLC.
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1276
SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1454
THOMAS V. STATE OF WISCONSIN
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1464
CRAWFORD V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3037
ROYSTON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3095
JACKSON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: September 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3194
Santarus, Inc. v. Par Pharma., Inc.
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1360
Justia Opinion Summary: Santarus is the exclusive licensee of patents on formulations of benzimidazole proton pump inhibitors, a class of chemical compounds that inhibit gastric acid secretion and help prevent and treat stomach acid-related…
Mirror Worlds, L.L.C. v. Apple, Inc.
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1392
Justia Opinion Summary: Mirror Worlds sued Apple, alleging direct and induced infringement of three patents directed to searching, displaying, and archiving computer files. The specification discloses a “document streaming” operating system…
Akamai Tech., Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc.
Date: August 31, 2012
Docket Number:
09-1372
Justia Opinion Summary: Akamai owns a method patent for delivery of web content, consisting of placing some of a provider’s content elements on a set of replicated servers and modifying the provider’s web page to instruct browsers to retrieve…
CONVOLVE, INC. V. COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP.
Date: August 31, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1074
ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC. V. U.S.
Date: August 31, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1200
JOHN H. BANKS ET AL. V. U.S.
Date: August 31, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5067
LaserDynamics, Inc. v. Quanta Computer, Inc.
Date: August 30, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1440
Justia Opinion Summary: LaserDynamics owns the 981 Patent, issued in 1996, directed to a method of optical disc discrimination that essentially enables an optical disc drive to automatically identify the type of optical disc (CD or DVD)…
In re Applied Materials, Inc.
Date: August 29, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1461
Justia Opinion Summary: Integrated circuits are formed on a substrate “by the sequential deposition of conductive, semiconductive or insulative layers” that are “etched [after deposition] to create circuitry features.” Because the substrate…
IN RE NOUVEL
Date: August 29, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1526
IN RE DITTO
Date: August 29, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1182
PA ADVISORS, LLC. V. GOOGLE, INC.
Date: August 29, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1448
HEINTZ V. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
Date: August 29, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1465
STRAUSBAUGH V. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Date: August 29, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3126
ROBERTS V. U.S.
Date: August 29, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5113
MORENO V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 29, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7149
Woods v. DeAngelo Marine Exhaust, Inc.
Date: August 28, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1478
Justia Opinion Summary: Water jacketed marine exhaust systems cool exhaust as it exits the engine of a marine vessel. These devices generally consist of two cylinders with exhaust flowing through the inner cylinder and water flowing through the…
BERRY V. CONYERS
Date: August 28, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3207
TAMPA BAY FISHERIES, INC. V. U.S.
Date: August 28, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1419
JAMES V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 28, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7129
STONE V. SEC. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Date: August 27, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5109
APPLE, INC. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: August 27, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1338
MERIAL LTD. V. VELCERA, INC.
Date: August 27, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1505
TAURUS IP, LLC. V. DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
Date: August 24, 2012
Docket Number:
08-1462
AFTG-TG, LLC v. Nuvoton Tech. Corp.
Date: August 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1306
Justia Opinion Summary: AFTG filed two actions in the District of Wyoming, claiming that defendants infringe several of its patents. Pegatron, PTS, and Unihan are named as defendants in one case; ASUSTeK and ASUS are named as defendants in the…
ActiveVideo Networks, Inc. v. Verizon Commc'n, Inc.
Date: August 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1538
Justia Opinion Summary: ActiveVideo asserted that Verizon’s video on demand (VoD) feature of the FiOS-TV system infringed its 578, 678, and 883 patents, which share a common specification and generally disclose and claim interactive television…
Eli Lilly & Co. v. Teva Parenteral Med., Inc.
Date: August 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1561
Justia Opinion Summary: Generic pharmaceutical manufacturers filed abbreviated new drug applications, seeking FDA approval to market generic formulations of the chemotherapy agent pemetrexed, currently marketed as Alimta. Permetrexed won FDA…
3D SYSTEMS, INC. V. ENVISIONTEC, INC.
Date: August 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1099
CAESAR V. DEPT. OF COMMERCE
Date: August 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3125
NASUTI V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3136
NASUTI V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3162
MCDANIEL V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: August 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3183
Sys. Application & Tech., Inc. v. United States
Date: August 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5004
Justia Opinion Summary: The Army solicited proposals for aerial target flight operations and maintenance services. Kratos provided these services under a predecessor contract. The solicitation listed three evaluation factors:…
SANOFI-AVENTIS V. PFIZER INC.
Date: August 23, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1345
NISSIM CORP. V. KAPPOS
Date: August 23, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1409
ANVIK CORP. V. CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
Date: August 23, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1459
INGENIADOR, LLC. V. INTERWOVEN, INC.
Date: August 23, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1497
NASUTI V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 23, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3136
GLASSER V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 23, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3146
COUNCIL V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 23, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3168
INTERSPORT FASHIONS WEST, INC. V. U.S.
Date: August 23, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5080
YONEK V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 23, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7120
Amkor Tech., Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1550
Justia Opinion Summary: Amkor initiated an International Trade Commission investigation, based on the importation, sale for importation, and sale within the U.S. after importation of certain encapsulated integrated circuit devices that…
Greenliant Sys., Inc. v. Xicor, L.L.C.
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1514
Justia Opinion Summary: Under 35 U.S.C. 251, a patentee may, within two years of the issuance of a patent, seek a broadening reissue of that patent if the patentee originally claimed “less than he had a right to claim,” but, under the rule…
JANG V. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1633
NORRIS V. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3129
D.J. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, INC. V. SEBELIUS
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1314
VITA-MIX CORP. V. KAPPOS
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1447
HASH V. U.S.
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1453
RAMBUS, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1480
U.S. V. HUDSON
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1512
DONALDSON V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3106
WILLINGHAM V. DEPT. OF THE NAVY
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3152
DONALDSON V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3160
AMBASE CORP. V. U.S.
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5047
BALDRIDGE V. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-6001
PARKS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 22, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7089
MEDIA QUEUE, LLC. V. NETFLIX, INC.
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1199
Whitserve, L.L.C. v Computer Packages, Inc.
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1206
Justia Opinion Summary: WhitServe, owned by Whitmyer, an inventor and a practicing patent attorney holds four patents, namely: “Onsite Backup for Internet-Based Data Processing,” “System Automating Delivery of Professional Services,” “System…
JACKSON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7186
ROCKIES EXPRESS PIPELINE, LLC. V. SALAZAR
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1055
SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1097
IN RE VEGAS AMUSEMENT, INC.
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1279
IN RE CITY OF HOUSTON
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1356
VOGLEWEDE V. LEE
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1382
VERYZER V. U.S.
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5034
Berry v. Conyers
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3207
Justia Opinion Summary: Conyers and Northover were indefinitely suspended and demoted, respectively, from their positions with the Department of Defense after they were found ineligible to occupy “noncritical sensitive” positions. The…
COLEMAN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7148
Hillyard v. Shinseki
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7157
Justia Opinion Summary: Hillyard suffered a head injury and was hospitalized for two weeks while serving in the U.S. Army. Hillyard filed a single claim for service connection for a mental condition, which he attributed to his in-service head…
ERNIE BALL, INC. V. EARVANA, LLC.
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1276
IN RE MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC.
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1470
RICKETTS V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3109
ARACOMA COAL CO. V. U.S.
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5090
Ass'n for Moleculat Pathology v. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1406
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court held that medical organizations, researchers, genetic counselors, and patients had standing under the Declaratory Judgment Act to challenge patent claims to "isolated" DNA molecules and granted summary…
NORMAN G. JENSEN, INC. V. U.S.
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1319
U.S. V. TREK LEATHER, INC.
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1527
INNERPULSE, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1251
FLUOR TEC, CORP. V. KAPPOS
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1295
YOUNG V. U.S.
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5112
In re Rambus, Inc.
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1247
Justia Opinion Summary: The patent, “Method of Operating a Memory Having a Variable Data Output Length and Programmable Register” is one of a family of patents that claim priority to the 898 Application, which has a priority date of 1990, and,…
Meyer Intellectual Props., Ltd. v. Bodum, Inc.
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1329
Justia Opinion Summary: Brady, the sole inventor of the 087 and 122 patents, was, from 1986-1996, an independent sales representative for Bodum, a company that designs and sells housewares products, including coffee makers, milk frothers, and…
PECARD V. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3151
NISSIM V. KAPPOS
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1409
DONALDSON V. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3106
COMINT SYSTEMS CORPORATION V. U.S.
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5039
LEVARIO V. SHINSEKI
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7148
Magsil Corp. v. Hitachi Global Storage Techs.
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1221
Justia Opinion Summary: MIT is the assignee of the 922 patent and MagSil is the exclusive licensee. The patent application was filed in 1995; it issued in 1997. The patent claims read-write sensors for computer hard disk drive storage systems.…
SQUARE, INC. V. REM HOLDINGS 3, LLC.
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1529
Shell Oil Co. v. United States
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1531
Justia Opinion Summary: Shell imported petroleum products, 1993-1994, upon which custom duties, taxes, and other fees were paid. During the same period, Shell exported drawback-eligible substitute finished petroleum derivatives. In 1995-1996,…
Duopross Meditech Corp. v. Inviro Med.Devices, Ltd.
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1050
Justia Opinion Summary: DuoProSS and Inviro sell medical syringes designed to prevent accidental needle sticks. A person using an Inviro syringe: rotates the plunger; pulls the plunger back, drawing the needle into the syringe barrel; and…
FIBER OPTIC DESIGNS V. KAPPOS
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1058
IN RE HOWARD
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-126
ROLEX WATCH U.S.A., INC. V. AFP IMAGING CORP.
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1260
HEINTZ V. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1465
HALL V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3063
FOX V. DEPT. OF DEFENSE
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3078
MORRIS V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3131
CRASSOCIATES, INC. V U.S.
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5037
KELLY V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7062
SHREVE V. DEPT. OF DEFENSE
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7077
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1105
Justia Opinion Summary: Wake Forest is the owner of asserted patents, and KCI are the exclusive licensees of the patents, which claim methods and apparatuses for treating difficult-to-heal wounds by applying suction or negative pressure. In…
IN RE VERDON
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1602
VOORHIS V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3221
CORNELL D.M. JUDGE CORNISH V. KAPPOS
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1157
WILBER V. U.S.
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1284
MURRAY V. U.S.
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1467
MALONE V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3036
GINGERY V. DEPT. OF THE TREASURY
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3057
KELLY V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7024
KERLINSKY V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7118
BROXSIE V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7131
Ford Motor Co. v. United States
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1134
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2004 Ford owned the British car maker Jaguar. In 2004 and 2005, Ford imported Jaguar-brand cars. On the cars’ entry into the U. S., Ford deposited estimated duty payments with Customs. Ford subsequently concluded that…
Norman G. Jensen, Inc. v. United States
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1319
Justia Opinion Summary: Jensen, a licensed customs broker, filed with Customs 308 protests on behalf of importers, seeking reliquidation of 1,529 entries of softwood lumber from Canada. More than two years later, Jensen inquired about the…
LEADER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. V. FACEBOOK, INC.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1366
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. V. APOTEX INC.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1455
Adams v. Dep't of Def.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3124
Justia Opinion Summary: Adams was employed as an Information Technology Specialist with the Missile Defense Agency of the Department of Defense, a position designated Special Sensitive and requiring the employee to maintain a Top Secret…
Whiteman v. Dep't of Transp.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3165
Justia Opinion Summary: Whiteman was employed by the FAA and reported violations of regulations, mismanagement, and abuses of authority. Whiteman alleged that colleagues and supervisors began to threaten and intimidate her. She filed EEO…
Griglock v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5134
Justia Opinion Summary: Griglock, a 70-year-old retired woman, received an influenza vaccination in 2005. Weeks later, she went to her doctor, complaining of weakness, and was admitted to the hospital. Her treating neurologist determined that…
TROST V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7192
IN RE LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-118
IN RE FIRST QUALITY BABY PRODUCTS, LLC.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-122
IN RE CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-123
IN RE HOME PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-127
MERIAL LTD. V. VELCERA, INC.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1505
STRAUSBAUGH V. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3115
FULBRIGHT V. U.S.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5021
SMITH V. U.S.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5074
AL-QAISI V. U.S.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5079
CYCENAS V. U.S.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5083
WOODS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7070
ALLEN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7101
DAVIS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7107
IN RE PARKER
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1421
LINGAMFELTER V. KAPPOS
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1449
ENCAP LLC. .V OLDCASTLE RETAIL, INC.
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1488
WASHINGTON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3079
MACHULAS V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3081
Alcon Research, Ltd. v. Apotex, Inc.
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1455
Justia Opinion Summary: Apotex submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to the FDA seeking approval to market a generic version of the anti-allergy eye drop Patanol. Alcon, which markets Patanol, sued Apotex for patent infringement…
UNION STEEL V. U.S.
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1248
IN RE STENER
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1369
APOTEX, INC. V. CEPHALON, INC.
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1417
INSTITUT PASTEUR V. KAPPOS
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1484
EVERYMD V. SANTORUM
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1491
LONDON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3076
HOUSE V. U.S.
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5016
BRIZUELA V. U.S.
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5082
WOZNICK V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7066
D'ANGELO V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7145
AVENTIS PHARMA S.A. V. SANDOZ INC.
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1123
SYNQOR, INC. V. ARTESYN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1191
Highmark, Inc. v. Allcare Health Mgmt. Sys. Inc.
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1219
Justia Opinion Summary: Allcare owns a patent directed to “managed health care systems” used to interconnect and integrate physicians, medical care facilities, patients, insurance companies, and financial institutions, particularly with respect…
AVENTIS PHARMA S.A. V. SANDOZ INC.
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1300
AVENTIS PHARMA S.A. V. STRIDES, INC.
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1151
HORIZON LINES, LLC. V. U.S.
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1163
AMBASE CORP. V. U.S.
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5047
BEASLEY V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7029
MASON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7042
FEARS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7047
TAURUS IP, LLC. V. DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number:
08-1462
In re Beineke
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1459
Justia Opinion Summary: Whoever “invents or discovers and asexually re-produces any distinct and new variety of plant, including cultivated sports, mutants, hybrids, and newly found seedlings, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant…
Lens.com, Inc. v. 1-800 Contacts, Inc.
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1258
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1998, the U.S.PTO issued Registration 334 to WJ for the mark LENS in connection with “computer software featuring programs used for electronic ordering of contact lenses in the field of ophthalmology, optometry and…
TAIWO V. OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6002
Momenta Pharma., Inc. v. Amphastar Pharma, Inc.
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1062
Justia Opinion Summary: Lovenox (enoxaparin) prevents blood clots. Enoxaparin is a version of heparin. Heparin molecules have considerable diversity in characteristics. Additional diversity is introduced when heparin is broken down, raising a…
ALTO-SHAAM V. CLEVELAND RANGE
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1281
NARTRON V. BORG INDAK
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1292
SCICO TEC V. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1449
NEGOTIATED DATA SOLUTIONS V. DELL
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1450
ARCHER V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3032
DGR Assocs., Inc. v. United States
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5080
Justia Opinion Summary: DGR, seeking an Air Force contract, filed a formal agency-level protest with respect to bid procedures, which the Air Force denied, referencing a DOJ memorandum and a memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget.…
KIPPEN V. PACK
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1259
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC V. NUVASIVE
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1263
IN RE DYNETIX DESIGN SOLUTIONS
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number:
12-128
HTC V. IPCOM
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1358
BUTAMAX(TM) ADVANCED BIOFUELS V. GEVO
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1490
IN RE KEVIN P. MCCABE
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1509
PARHAM V. HARRIS-ONAXIS
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1519
DAWKINS V. SHINSEKI
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7105
Raytheon Co. v. Indigo Sys. Inc.
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1245
Justia Opinion Summary: Defense contractor Raytheon, specializes in infrared imaging. Indigo, also specializing in infrared imaging, was founded by former Raytheon employees including Woolaway, who promised not to recruit Raytheon employees.…
Gallo v. Dep't of Transp.
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3094
Justia Opinion Summary: Gallo served as an FAA air traffic control specialist from 1982 until 1995 when she experienced a job-related injury for which she received OWCP benefits. Gallo recovered enough to return to light duty. In 1996 she lost…
3D SYSTEMS, INC. V. ENVISIONTEC, INC.
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1099
ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC. V. U.S.
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1196
ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC. V. U.S.
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1200
01 Communique Lab., Inc. v. Logmein, Inc.
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1403
Justia Opinion Summary: 01 Communique is the owner of the 479 Patent, which relates to technology that enables one computer to access another computer remotely via the Internet. The patent contains five independent claims describing systems,…
GILBERT V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7006
Grober v. Mako Prods., Inc.
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1519
Justia Opinion Summary: Grober invented a platform that stabilizes a camera for filming motion pictures from moving vehicles. Known in the entertainment industry as the Perfect Horizon, the technology won Grober an Academy Award in technical…
FUTURELOGIC, INC. V. NANOPTIX, INC.
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1095
LAYNE CHRISTIANSEN CO. V. BRO-TECH CORP.
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1178
RITZ CAMERA & IMAGE, LLC. V. SANDISK CORP.
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1183
APPLE INC. V. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1507
WHITE BUFFALO CONSTRUCTION, INC. V. U.S.
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5045
PSC VSMPO-Avisma Corp. v. United States
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1370
Justia Opinion Summary: Avisma produces magnesium and titanium sponge in Russia. The process starts with a dehydration step. Most of the resultant raw magnesium is then processed into pure and alloyed magnesium, the subject of an antidumping…
In re: Antor Media Corp.
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1465
Justia Opinion Summary: Antor owns the 961 patent relating “to a method and apparatus for transmitting information recorded on digital disks from a central server to subscribers via a high data rate telecommunications network.” The goal of the…
ORENSHTEYN V. CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1308
Rates Tech., Inc. v. Mediatrix Telecom, Inc.
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1384
Justia Opinion Summary: The two patents in suit relate to systems for minimizing the cost of placing long-distance telephone calls. Mediatrix manufactures and sells equipment that modifies existing telephone systems to convert them to…
Bancorp Servs., L.L.C. v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1467
Justia Opinion Summary: Bancorp owns the 792 and 037 patents, for tracking value of life insurance policies in separate accounts, under which the policy owner pays a premium beyond that required for the death benefit and specifies types of…
Hage v. United States
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5001
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1978, Hages acquired a ranch in Nevada occupying approximately 7,000 acres of private land and approximately 752,000 acres of federal lands under grazing permits. Their predecessors had acquired water rights now…
BELCHER V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7181
JONES V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3085
Rocha v. Merit Sys. Protection Bd.
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3087
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Rocha was appointed to an excepted service position at the State Department. By letter (July, 2010), the Department informed Rocha that his appointment would soon expire and that the agency would not convert his…
KISSI V. U.S.
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5025
STROUD v. DVA
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7122
IN RE SALAZAR
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-110
ROGUE RIVERKEEPER V. BEAN
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1107
IN RE ALTERA CORP
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-121
IN RE AGA MEDICAL CORPORATION
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-125
APPLE INC. V. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1507
MORRISON V. INTERIOR
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3046
MCGEE v. AGRICULTURE
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3071
AOANAN V. SHINSEKI
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7076
In Re: Alexander Shukh
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number:
12-132
Seirus Innovative Accessories v. Kombi Ltd.
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1404
Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1506
James Stanley, Jr. v. Shinseki
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7121
Glenn Defense Marine v. US
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5071
Jackson v. DVA
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7056
IN RE IMPAX LABORATORIES, INC.
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-131
STEWARD V. ASTRUE
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1477
MCDANIEL V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3049
BEYERS V. DEPT. OF STATE
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3099
BECHTEL V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7060
MARSHALL V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7071
MACPHERSON V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7086
TDM AMERICA, LLC. V. U.S.
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number:
10-5138
ABRUZZO V. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN.
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3218
KINGPAK TECH, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1231
WILLIAMS V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3051
OGUMA V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3053
CALIMLIM V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3097
JONES V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3120
GLASSER V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3146
STEWART V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7117
PYLE V. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number:
12-8001
PS Chez Sidney,L.L.P. v. United States Int'l Trade Comm'n
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
08-1526
Justia Opinion Summary: The now-repealed Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (Byrd Amendment) allowed affected domestic producers (ADPs) to receive distributions of antidumping duties collected by the U.S., 19 U.S.C. 1675c. In…
IN RE J-MED PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1415
CY TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC. V. GROUPON, INC.
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1568
Wi-LAN, Inc. v. LG Elecs., Inc.
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1626
Justia Opinion Summary: LG took a license from Wi-LAN’s predecessor for a patent concerning V-chip technology for ratings-based blocking of television programs. LG subsequently claimed that it owed no royalties because its televisions did not…
WIGGINS V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3114
ABIERA V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-3193
HORIZON V. U.S.
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1163
DIVIX GOLF, INC. V. MOHR
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1235
SHIMANO, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1286
TROPP V. CONAIR CORP.
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1337
THOMAS V. MCCULLOCH
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1367
DEROSA V. WALSH
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1401
ROGERS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3089
RAKOWITZ V. U.S.
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5038
SLATTERY V. U.S.
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5041
CHISM V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7002
MARTIN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7144
KS Gas & Elec. Co. v. United States
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5044
Justia Opinion Summary: Kansas power companies suffered damages due to the government’s partial breach of the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel And/Or High-Level Radioactive Waste, authorized by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act…
ROSS V. U.S.
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5061
Locane v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5131
Justia Opinion Summary: Locane, born in 1983, was adopted and does not know her family medical history. She suffered her first symptoms within two weeks of being vaccinated in 1997 and was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. She sought…
CONCEPTUS V. HOLOGIC, INC.
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1209
SCIELE PHARMA INC. V. LUPIN LTD.
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1228
BIAX CORP. V. NVIDIA CORP.
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1387
CLAY V. CAMERON
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1396
MCDONALD V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3072
VIRATA V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3154
CHOI V. U.S.
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5111
BYWATERS V. U.S.
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1032
Loughlin v. Ling
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1432
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2004, Loughlin filed application 624, which issued in 2008, as the 426 patent. In 2007, Ling filed the 404 application, which was granted priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. 120, from application 413, filed in January,…
OENGA V. U.S.
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-5074
VERSATA SOFTWARE, INC. V. SAP AMERICA, INC.
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1029
FLIR SYSTEMS, INC. V. GAMBARO
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1100
IN RE DITTO
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1182
STRAUSBAUGH V. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3126
ALCATEC, LLC. V. U.S.
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5010
Preston v. Marathon Oil Co.
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1013
Justia Opinion Summary: A subsidiary of Marathon hired Preston as a relief pumper in Marathon’s coal bed methane well operation. After beginning work, Preston signed an Employee Agreement containing the assignment at issue. Later, Preston …
CLS Bank Int'l v. Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd.
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1301
Justia Opinion Summary: Alice Corporation owns three patents covering a computerized trading platform for exchanging obligations in which a trusted third party settles obligations between a first and second party so as to eliminate “settlement…
Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. v. Societe des Produits Nestle, S.A.
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1482
Justia Opinion Summary: Nestle’s BEGGIN’ STRIPS registered mark for pet treats has been in continuous use since 1988 and has been registered since 1989. Midwestern manufactures and sells pet treats and filed an intent-to-use application with…
ULRICH V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3035
BURNEY V. U.S.
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5088
VALENCIA V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7202
APELDYN CORP. V. AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1172
REIFFIN V. MICROSOFT CORP.
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1357
MERIAL LTD. V. VELCERA, INC.
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1505
ROAQUIN V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number:
2-7049
ALEXSAM, INC. V. IDT CORP.
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1063
WARNER V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7021
DAVIS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number:
12-7107
Frederick v. Shinseki
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7146
Justia Opinion Summary: Frederick, previously married to World War II veteran Hill, upon Hill's death became entitled to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation as surviving spouse of a veteran whose death resulted from service-related injury or…
Sciele Pharma Inc. v. Lupin, Ltd.
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1228
Justia Opinion Summary: Lupin submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to the Food and Drug Administration seeking approval to market a generic version of Fortamet, an extended-release tablet of metaformin hydrochloride. Shionogi,…
CASITAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT V. U.S.
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number:
12-5033
Heino v. Shinseki
Date: June 28, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7160
Justia Opinion Summary: Heino, a veteran, is prescribed a daily dose of 12.5 milligrams of Atenolol. The lowest strength available for the prescription is a 25 milligram tablet, so his physician instructed him to split each tablet in half. …
In re: Mouttet
Date: June 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1451
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006 the inventor submitted a utility patent application entitled “Crossbar Arithmetic Processor,” disclosing a computing device for processes such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using…
Thompson v. Shinseki
Date: June 25, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7064
Justia Opinion Summary: Thompson served in the Navy from October 1973 to January 1975. During active service, he was treated for psychiatric symptoms, attributed to immature personality disorder. Over the following years, he was hospitalized…
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. v. Cadbury Adams USA, LLC
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1140
Justia Opinion Summary: Wrigley and Cadbury compete in selling chewing gum that provides a cooling sensation. Historically, gum makers have achieved that sensation with menthol. Menthol has disadvantages, including a strong peppermint flavor…
MOUNTFORD V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7200
IN RE TD AMERITRADE, INC.
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-107
SRAM LLC. V. KAPPOS
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1146
IN RE HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-124
GREENE V. PITKA
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1277
IN RE ALVOGEN IP CO. S.A.R.L.
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1305
ORION IP, LLC. V. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1432
PA ADVISORS, LLC. V. GOOGLE, INC.
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1448
SALAZAR V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3011
PATEL V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3113
NASUTI V. DEPT. OF STATE
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number:
12-3136
