STURDZA v. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Date: August 2, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1453
GAMBLE v. COMMISSIONER
Date: August 2, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1464
INRE: MEDICAL COMPONENTS, INC.
Date: August 2, 2013
Docket Number:
13-148
INRE: ZOLTEK CORPORATION
Date: August 2, 2013
Docket Number:
13-157
MCMILLAN v. SHINSEKI
Date: August 2, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7102
Kernea v. Shinseki
Date: August 1, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7142
Justia Opinion Summary: Flora is the widow of Donald, a World War II veteran, honorably discharged in 1945 after being diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. At that time the VA found his diabetes to be service-connected and gave him a disability…
MACLEAN-FOGG COMPANY v. US
Date: August 1, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1187
Plantronics, Inc. v. Aliph, Inc.
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1355
Justia Opinion Summary: The Plantronics patent is directed to a concha-style headset for transmitting received sounds to the ear of a user, and discloses an apparatus for stabilizing a concha style headset during use. The district court…
Boeri v. United States
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5102
Justia Opinion Summary: Boeri, a citizen of Italy, has never lived or worked in the U.S. He worked for Verizon in Italy for 11 years, Brazil for 5 years, Argentina for 5 years, and the Dominican Republic for 15 years. In 2003 Boeri chose to…
Croman Corporation v. United States
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5138
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2011, the Forest Service solicited proposals for 34 line items, calling for a negotiated procurement process pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15. Each line item sought heavy or medium exclusive use…
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY v. THOMAS WILKINS
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1169
MACLEAN-FOGG COMPANY v. US
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1187
CHARMAYNE KIRKLAND v. DHS
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3075
United States v. Trek Leather, Inc.
Date: July 30, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1527
Justia Opinion Summary: Trek was the importer of record for 72 entries of men’s suits in 2004. Mercantile was the consignee. Shadadpuri is president and sole shareholder of Trek, and a 40% shareholder of Mercantile. Trek and Mercantile provided…
ALEXSAM, INC. v. IDT CORPORATION
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1063
JAMES WILLIAMS v. US
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5070
Massie v. Shinseki
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7087
Justia Opinion Summary: Massie served on active duty in the Army, 1968-1970 and was awarded VA benefits for varicose veins and related surgery, initially at 10% and increased to 50%, disability effective in 1990. In, 2001, Massie sought an…
FRANKLIN PERKINS v. MSPB
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3074
CESAR DELA ROSA v. OPM
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3078
SHERYL TAYLOR v. MSPB
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3113
EVITT v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7117
Teva Pharm. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc.
Date: July 26, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1567
Justia Opinion Summary: Generic manufacturers submitted Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) seeking FDA approval to market generic versions of Copaxone®, a drug used in treating multiple sclerosis. Teva, which markets Copaxone®, sued the…
Charles Mach. Works, Inc. v. Vermeer Mfg. Co.
Date: July 26, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1578
Justia Opinion Summary: CMW’s patent generally relates to a two-pipe drill for boring underground holes horizontally. An inner pipe rotates the drill bit. An outer pipe, with a body and casing, is used for steering. The patent discusses a…
LAGUERRA v. TREASURY
Date: July 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3152
La Crosse Tech., Ltd. v. United States
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1370
Justia Opinion Summary: La Crosse imports electronic devices that measure atmospheric conditions and display the information alongside time and date. The devices use wireless instruments that measure outdoor conditions and a base unit that…
In re: Bimeda Research & Dev. Ltd.
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1420
Justia Opinion Summary: The patent at issue concerns methods for preventing bovine mastitis, the inflammation of udder tissue in cows, and is entitled “Antiinfective free intramammary veterinary composition.” The summary of the invention…
FLORA LEYGA v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7166
INRE: HOERSTEN
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1486
GERALDINE NIKRASCH v. USPS
Date: July 23, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3007
Novozymes A/S v. DuPont Nutrition Biosciences, APS
Date: July 22, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1433
Justia Opinion Summary: Novozymes’s 723 patent, entitled “Alpha-Amylase Mutants with Altered Properties,” relates to recombinant enzyme technology. Enzymes are proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions; they facilitate molecular processes…
EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES v. AMAZON.COM, INC.
Date: July 22, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1632
ARACOMA COAL COMPANY v. US
Date: July 22, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5090
INRE: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Date: July 22, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1055
JERNIGAN v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 22, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7033
ALLERGAN, INC. v. APOTEX CORP.
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1619
MICHAEL BLASHFORD v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7094
DAVID TROPP v. CONAIR CORPORATION
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1337
In re: Adler
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1610
Justia Opinion Summary: The 096 application states that “[p]athologies of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract may exist for a variety of reasons such as bleeding, lesions, angiodisplasia, Crohn’s disease, polyps, celiac disorders, and others.” It…
Mid Cont't Nail Corp v. United States
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1682
Justia Opinion Summary: The Court of International Trade rejected the Department of Commerce’s interpretation of an antidumping order, imposed under 19 U.S.C. 1673a(b), on nails from the People’s Republic of China. The Trade Court held that…
INRE: JOSEPH GIUFFRIDA
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1692
GALLOWAY v. MSPB
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3203
TrinCo Inv. Co. v. United States
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5139
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs own properties surrounded by or adjacent to the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, the largest national forest in California, encompassing approximately 2.1 million acres. In 2008 the “Iron Complex” wildfires…
Antonellis v. United States
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5140
Justia Opinion Summary: Antonellis, a member of the Navy Reserve since 1986, is a member of boththe Selected Reserve, a paid unit, and the Individual Ready Reserve, which is unpaid. From 2009 through 2011, Antonellis submitted 69 applications,…
TELEBRANDS CORPORATION v. US
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1063
JOOVY LLC v. TARGET CORPORATION
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1281
PORTER v. NAVY
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3013
KATRINA RANDOLPH v. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3106
ALVERN WEED v. SSA
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3122
KEVIN BRADY v. US
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5081
ROYRITA YARBOUGH v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7064
SCHEFFLER v. ARMY
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3130
TERESA A. MCVICKER, P.C. v. ARMY
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1125
MARTIN v. US
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5023
BARBER v. ARMY
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3134
HUNT v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7039
Burden v. Shinseki
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7096
Justia Opinion Summary: Louis Burden, a Vietnam veteran, served on active duty in the Army from 1948 until 1968. He married Michele in a ceremonial marriage in April, 2004. Two months later, Burden died. In August 2004, Michele applied for…
MORENO v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7149
WINSETT v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7180
GUTIER v. HUGO BOSS TRADE MARK MGMT
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1481
NICHOLS v. MSPB
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3027
TAYLOR v. MSPB
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3037
BUCKNER v. USPS
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3144
U.S. Marine, Inc. v. United States
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1678
Justia Opinion Summary: USM builds military boats. Working with VT Halter, USM designed a special-operations craft with a hull made out of composite materials for use in competing for the Navy's “MK V Special Operations Craft and Transporter…
SALINAS-NIX v. ARMY
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3209
BLACKFEET HOUSING v. US
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5141
ROBINSON v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7045
MADDEN v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7152
BETTER BAGS, INC. v. REDI BAG USA, LLC
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1064
DOMICIANO REDONDO v. US
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5058
CALILONG v. OPM
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3181
ROAQUIN v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7049
ESCOBAR v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7097
ROBERT DONALDSON v. MSPB
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3097
MEUNIER v. OPM
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3135
DONALDSON v. DHS
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3160
DONALDSON v. MSPB
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3161
MICHAEL STOFFEL v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7102
COSSIO v. AIR FORCE
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1662
JAMES WILLIAMS v. US
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5070
GUILLERMO MOJARRO v. USPS
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3109
NEIL KEEHN v. US
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5084
MARISSA POLMOUNTER v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7039
BAILEY v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7052
Smith & Nephew, Inc. v. Rea
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1343
Justia Opinion Summary: Synthes owns a patent, issued in 2006, directed to a system for repairing fractures in long bones, such as the femur, using a bone plate along the outside of the fractured bone, attached by anchors inserted through…
EMMANUEL GO v. SHINSEKI
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7009
Yonek v. Shinseki
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7120
Justia Opinion Summary: Yonek served on active duty in the Navy from 1973 to 1977 and in 1991-1992. In 1991, Yonek aggravated a preexisting injury to his right shoulder, leaving the motion of his arm permanently limited. The VA regional office…
WELCOME v. MSPB
Date: July 5, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3093
Cameron v. Shinseki
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7125
Justia Opinion Summary: Bartlett, who served on active duty from 1943 to 1963, submitted a claim in 2002 to increase his rating for service-connected Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Board of Veterans’ Appeals issued its first final decision…
FRANCISCO JIMENEZ, JR. v. USPS
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3119
ALSTON v. OPM
Date: July 3, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3138
CONVOLVE v. COMPAQ
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1074
Fresenius USA, Inc. v. Baxter Int'l, Inc.
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1334
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003, Fresenius, a manufacturer of hemodialysis machines sought declaratory judgments of invalidity and non-infringement with respect to Baxter’s 434 patent, covering a dialysis machine with an integrated touch screen…
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY v. US
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1305
FOSTER v. PITNEY BOWES CORPORATION
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1374
CONVOLVE v. COMPAQ
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1074
Almond Bros. Lumber Co. v. United States
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1393
Justia Opinion Summary: For more than 20 years, members of the U.S. softwood lumber industry accused Canada of unfairly subsidizing production of softwood lumber, resulting in a substantial amount of litigation. The U.S. and Canada have entered…
CLARENCE GANAWAY v. US
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5031
RAMBUS INC. v. REA
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1480
WEN YEH v. MSPB
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3216
RAYMOND STAUFFER v. BROOKS BROTHERS, INC.
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1180
GAMBLE v. COMMISSIONER
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1464
MAE SIDERS v. OPM
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3103
MONTY SHELTON v. US
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5057
SHELIA WINSETT v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7086
CALDWELL v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7106
Wyeth & Cordis Corp. v. Abbott Labs.
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1223
Justia Opinion Summary: Wyeth’s patents relate to the use of rapamycin for treatment and prevention of restenosis, the renarrowing of an artery. To open a blocked artery, a doctor guides a balloon catheter to the site of accumulated plaque and…
Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc.
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1042
Justia Opinion Summary: In a wireless system, devices communicate with fixed “base stations” according to “protocols,” which are standardized procedures that govern how data exchanged between devices is formatted, ordered, maintained, and…
Glenn Def. Marine (Asia) PTE, Ltd. v. United States
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5125
Justia Opinion Summary: The Navy solicited bids for maritime husbanding support services to ships visiting ports in regions in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean for separate negotiated procurements. Offerors were to submit separate proposals…
DONALD ZAPPLEY, SR. v. US
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5046
AMS Assocs., Inc. v. United States
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1688
Justia Opinion Summary: Shapiro, a U.S. affiliate of Aifudi, imports laminated woven sacks manufactured and exported by Aifudi in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In 2008, the Department of Commerce found that those sacks were being sold…
Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC
Date: June 21, 2013
Docket Number:
10-1544
Justia Opinion Summary: The 545 patent claims a method for distributing copyrighted products (songs, movies, books) over the Internet where the consumer receives a copyrighted product for free in exchange for viewing an advertisement, and the…
Tierney v. Dep't of Justice
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number:
11-3159
Justia Opinion Summary: Federal employees who are members of the National Guard are entitled to up to 15 days of annual military leave “without loss in pay, time, or performance or efficiency rating,” 5 U.S.C. 6323(a)(1). Before a 2000…
GUILLERMO MOJARRO v. USPS
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3109
HOOD v. OPM
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3126
FIELDS v. USPS
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3132
MORRISON v. OPM
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3133
FRANK PROCHAZKA v. US
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5052
MARY BLEVINS v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7089
LEVI STRAUSS & CO. v. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1495
THOMSON LICENSING SAS v. ITC
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1536
PATEREK v. HHS
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5078
RAKHMATULLA ASATOV v. ARMY
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3039
JAMES OUTLAW v. ARMY
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3061
ROBERT DONALDSON v. MSPB
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3097
DAVID WHITE v. DEFENSE
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3115
SIMONA SUGUITAN v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7020
HANNAH CURRY v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7054
Novo Nordisk A/S v. Caraco Pharma. Labs., Ltd.
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1223
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1990 Novo began experimenting with the drug repaglinide in monotherapy treatement of Type II diabetes, conducted a study to determine whether repaglinide might be more effective in combination with metformin, and…
NOVO NORDISK v. PADDOCK LABORATORIES
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1031
INRE: SRI INTERNATIONAL
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1456
Levi Strauss & Co. v. Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co.
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1495
Justia Opinion Summary: Levi Strauss has stitched the back pocket of its jeans with the “Arcuate” design since 1873 and holds multiple trademarks on the design. In 2005, Abercrombie sought to register a “mirror image stitching design” for use…
TAHIR MAHMOOD v. RESEARCH IN MOTION
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1517
IA LABS CA, LLC v. NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1644
JAMES LINICK v. US
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5097
ZHAOQING NEW ZHONGYA ALUMINUM v. US
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1113
US v. PAUL ZACCARDI
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1233
RONALD TSOSIE v. JAMES BROWN
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1237
FILLMORE EQUIPMENT OF HOLLAND v. US
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5048
HAROLD VAN ALLEN v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7057
EUGENIO DELOS SANTOS v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7072
FARMER v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7119
GALE ANDERSON v. OPM
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3051
Robert Bosch, LLC v. Pylon Mfg. Corp.
Date: June 14, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1363
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Bosch sued Pylon for patent infringement. Pylon asserted patent infringement counterclaims against Bosch. Pylon moved to bifurcate the issues of liability and damages. The district court granted the motion and…
INRE: RICHARD HAASE
Date: June 14, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1690
SOVERAIN SOFTWARE v. NEWEGG
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1009
WILLIAM SCULL v. DHS
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3174
INRE: FRANK TOPPO
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1077
MICHAEL GRAVES v. NAVY
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3077
ROMEL BOOKER v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7069
Rack Room Shoes v. United States
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1391
Justia Opinion Summary: The companies, which import clothing and footwear, filed suit in the Court of International Trade, alleging that classifications in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States discriminated on the basis of age or…
Pirkl v. Shinseki
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7067
Justia Opinion Summary: Pirkl served in the Navy, 1947-1949. Effective in 1949, the VA awarded him disability benefits for paranoid schizophrenic reaction, evaluated as 10% disabling. A regional office increased his disability rating to 100%,…
ROBERT MAY v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7049
Crawford v. Dep't of the Army
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3037
Justia Opinion Summary: Crawford began working for the Department of the Army in 1986, with credit for military service. In 2006, when called to uniformed service, Crawford was an IT Specialist, GS-2210-11, in the Corps of Engineers. The Army…
JUNE PARKS v. OPM
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3032
LOIS JOHNSON v. USPS
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3044
NORMAN ALSTON, JR. v. OPM
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3063
GROVER MARTIN v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7097
NATIONAL ORG OF VETERANS ADVOC v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
11-7191
Organic Seed Growers & Trade Assoc. v. Monsanto Co.
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1298
Justia Opinion Summary: The patented technologies incorporate traits into agricultural crops, conferring resistance to the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide, Roundup. Farmers using the seeds are able to eliminate weeds by spraying the…
MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP v. APOTEX INC
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1516
JACKSON v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7179
GHANNAM v. MSPB
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3050
DANUEL BOYKIN v. OPM
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3058
FRANKLIN PERKINS v. MSPB
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3074
JOHN-PIERRE BANEY v. MSPB
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3088
SUCHER v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7001
BARRY BROWN v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7031
TERRY TURNER v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7051
SHELIA WINSETT v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7086
InterDigital Commc'ns, LLC v. Int'l Trade Comm'n
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1628
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006 InterDigital granted LG a license to certain patents concerning devices capable of wireless voice or data communications, including devices designed to operate in accordance with second-generation (2G) wireless…
INRE: ROBERT YEAGER
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1667
Deribeaux v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5127
Justia Opinion Summary: Madison received a DTaP vaccination at age seven months and the next day suffered a prolonged seizure. Her temperature was recorded as 103.6 degrees. She continued to experience seizures and was admitted to the hospital…
Hall v. Shinseki
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7115
Justia Opinion Summary: Hall entered active duty in the Army in 1990, but refused to go to basic training and asked to go home. He made threats and admitted to an arrest for carrying a gun. A psychiatric evaluation showed that Hall was believed…
DENISE JOHNS v. SHINSEKI [CONCURRING]
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7163
LLOYD FLEMING v. RICHARD COWARD
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1091
ROSALYN WILLIAMS v. MSPB
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3110
PHOENIX MANAGEMENT, INC. v. US
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5018
DANNY BROWN v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7062
IN RE: GERALD BENSON
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1663
PENNY LANDVOGT v. OPM
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3016
GUILLERMO MOJARRO v. USPS
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3108
MIKE JOSEPH BABSA-AY v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7036
IN RE: ANTHONY BAYNE
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1640
MARISSA POLMOUNTER v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7039
VICTOR COSTNER v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7063
MICHAEL BLASHFORD v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7094
JORGE ROQUE v. SHINSEKI
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7091
Regents of the Univ. of MN v. AGA Med.Corp.
Date: June 3, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1167
Justia Opinion Summary: The University of Minnesota owns the 281 and 291 patents, which are directed to “septal occluders,” medical devices for repairing holes in the septum of the heart, using a catheter threaded through a vein. The University…
JAMES WILLIAMS v. US
Date: May 31, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5070
LLOYD FLEMING v. RICHARD COWARD
Date: May 31, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1091
EVELYN STEPHENS v. OPM
Date: May 31, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3049
CARL FOX v. DEFENSE
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3078
Bush v. United States
Date: May 30, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5051
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003, after more than a decade of litigation, the IRS assessed penalties under now-repealed I.R.C. 6621(c), which penalizes “substantial” underpayments of tax “attributable to tax motivated transactions” against the…
ARKANSAS GAME & FISH COMMISSIO v. US
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number:
09-5121
KYD, INC. v. US
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1533
RANDALL ASHER v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1043
MARSHALL CHAMBERS v. DVA
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3104
SHERYL TAYLOR v. MSPB
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3113
DOMICIANO REDONDO v. US
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5058
ROYRITA YARBOUGH v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7064
AD HOC SHRIMP TRADE ACTION v. US
Date: May 28, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1416
LOOPS LLC v. PHOENIX TRADING, INC.
Date: May 28, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1223
LIVINGSTON THOMAS, JR. v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 28, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7050
JOE MEDRANO v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 28, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7067
LISA CARLSON v. OPM
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3112
WILMER CRUZ v. DHS
Date: May 23, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3083
ROBERT DONALDSON v. DHS
Date: May 23, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3097
CHARLES CHASTAIN v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7136
CHERAMY RUSBULDT v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7177
GEORGE BENAVIDES v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7066
Douglas Dynamics, LLC v. Buyers Prods.Co.
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1291
Justia Opinion Summary: Douglas and Buyers manufacture snowplow assemblies for mounting on the front of a truck. Douglas commands about 60 percent of the market; Buyers entered the market in 2007, selling less expensive assemblies. By 2010,…
Ateliers de la Haute-Garonne v. Broetje Auto. USA, Inc.
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1038
Justia Opinion Summary: AHG employed the inventors of the patents, which issued in 1991 and 1992 and are titled “Process for Distribution of Pieces such as Rivets, and Apparatus for carrying out the Process.” The patents claim priority to a…
INRE: SCOTT SCHREER
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1564
TEVA WOMEN'S HEALTH, INC. v. LUPIN, LTD.
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1577
COPPER INNOVATIONS v. NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1622
PATRICIA MCCULLEY v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7092
Aventis Pharma, Inc. v. Amino Chem., Ltd.
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1335
Justia Opinion Summary: Piperidine derivatives are commonly used as active ingredients in antihistamines. D’Ambra, AMRI’s president, found the prior art processes for making piperidine derivatives inefficient and overcame the deficiencies by…
Alexsam, Inc. v. IDT Corp.
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1063
Justia Opinion Summary: Alexsam owns the 608 patent, which discloses a system for activating and using “multifunction card[s].” These cards include prepaid phone cards, used to pay for long-distance telephone calls, and electronic gift…
Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts & Crafts Co., Ltd. v. United States
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1312
Justia Opinion Summary: With respect to Bestpak’s importation of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from China, he U.S. Department of Commerce calculated a separate rate margin using a simple average of a de minimis and an adverse facts…
Dey,L.P. v. Sunovion Pharma, Inc.
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1428
Justia Opinion Summary: Sunovion and Dey plaintiffs were simultaneously developing pharmaceutical products to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by storing the compound formoterol in an aqueous solution and administering it through a…
DONALD MACPHERSON v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7086
LEO MIKITAROFF v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7137
NSK Corp. v.. FAG Italia, S.P.A.
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1362
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1989, the Department of Commerce determined that U.S domestic industry for ball bearings was being materially injured by sales of ball bearings imported from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden,…
Forrester Envt.l Servs., Inc. v. Wheelabrator Techs.,Inc.
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1686
Justia Opinion Summary: Forrester and Wheelabrator are competitors in the market for phosphate-based treatment systems for stabilizing heavy metals in waste such as incinerator ash, to prevent heavy metals from leaching into drinking water…
FRANK HENDERSON v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7028
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA v. OVERSTOCK.COM
Date: May 15, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1629
EDUARDO HINOJOSA v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 15, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7176
INRE: BAYER CROPSCIENCE, LP
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1444
DANNY BREWER v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7167
RICHARD REBSTOCK v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7169
JAMES WHITE v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7174
LINDA KAFELE v. USPS
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3041
Motiva, LLC v. Int'l Trade Comm'n
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1252
Justia Opinion Summary: Motiva’s patent, issued in 2007 and titled “Human Movement Measurement System,” generally relates to a “system for ... testing and training a user to manipulate the position of ... transponders while being guided by…
ONE SOURCE TECHNOLOGY v. ROBERT DIFILIPPO
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1668
LAWRENCE LEVINE v. MSPB
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3171
HENRY GOSSAGE v. MSPB
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3217
PHILIP BOZA v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7126
EMMA D'ANGELO v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7145
LARRY BELTON, SR. v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7150
RUBIA v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7155
BRANDI SPAIN v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7161
DEEP9 CORP. v. BARNES & NOBLE
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1031
RAKHMATULLA ASATOV v. MSPB
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3020
ROBERT HOOFMAN v. ARMY
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3029
LUIS PINALES-GARCIA v. DEFENSE
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3038
CLS Bank, Int'l v Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd.
Date: May 10, 2013
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…
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland, GMBH v. Genentech, Inc.
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1454
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1985, Behringwerke filed a U.S. patent application directed to the use of DNA sequences (enhancers) identified in human cytomegalovirus. An enhancer, when introduced into a cell that produces a drug, can enable the…
ROBERT DONALDSON v. DHS
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3160
ROBERT DONALDSON v. MSPB
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3161
USVALDO TRUJILLO v. DHS
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3192
JOYCE CROSS v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7132
WILLIAM SHARKOZY v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7146
MIKE LEVARIO v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7148
SHELIA WINSETT v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7180
CYNTHIA HOPSON v. MSPB
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3042
KATRINA CONWAY v. MSPB
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3084
SHELIA WINSETT v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7043
Gen. Dynamics Corp. v. Panetta
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1249
Justia Opinion Summary: General Dynamics entered into fixed-price contracts, fixed-price incentive contracts, cost-plus-fixed fee contracts, cost-plus-award-fee contracts, and time-and-materials contracts with the Department of Defense. Many…
WILLINGHAM v. NAVY
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3152
RONALD JONES, JR. v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7112
SAMUEL JAMES v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7129
TEDDY TEEL v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7139
KATRINA CONWAY v. MSPB
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3084
ROBERT SPAHN v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7006
JANET BERRY v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7013
THERESA HAYNES v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7027
Deckers Outdoor Corp. v. United States
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1411
Justia Opinion Summary: Deckers imported UGG® Classic Crochet boots having a knit upper portion and a rubber sole. They do not have laces, buckles, or fasteners, can be pulled on by hand, and extend above the ankle. At liquidation, Customs…
Uship Intellectual Props., LLC v. United States
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5077
Justia Opinion Summary: Uship’s patents are directed to systems and methods of processing packages for shipment. According to the shared specification, the invention fills the need “for a system which accepts and stores items for subsequent…
SHAPIRO v. HHS
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5152
WILLIAM BAUGHMAN v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7183
CESAR DELA ROSA v. OPM
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3078
KEVIN PERRY v. US
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5037
HENRY COMBS v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7008
RICHARD PROCEVIAT v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7010
Baron Servs., Inc. v. Media Weather Innovations, LLC
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1285
Justia Opinion Summary: Baron owns the 525 patent, which “generally relates to systems and methods for weather reporting and forecasting, and more particularly, to computerized systems and methods for reporting and forecasting real-time weather…
TALASILA, INC. v. US
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5137
JOHN-PIERRE BANEY v. DOJ
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3088
JAMES WELCOME v. NAVY
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3093
TIFFANY HUGHES v. DHS
Date: May 7, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3101
WENTWORTH MILLER v. ALTADIS U.S.A. INC.
Date: May 6, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1051
Ford Motor Co. v. United States
Date: May 3, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1186
Justia Opinion Summary: U.S. Customs and Border Protection denied Ford’s claims for post-entry duty refunds. The Court of International Trade upheld the denial and the Federal Circuit vacated. While 19 U.S.C. 1520(d) required Ford to file the…
JOHN DOE v. DOJ
Date: May 3, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3204
Kyhn v. Shinseki
Date: May 3, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7003
Justia Opinion Summary: Kyhn served in the U.S. Army 1945-1946. In 1998, he filed a claim for service-connected hearing loss, which was denied by the regional office. Kyhn submitted a Notice of Disagreement, with medical evidence from his…
Parks v. Shinseki
Date: May 3, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7089
Justia Opinion Summary: Parks served in Vietnam 1964-1966. Along with 6,000 other soldiers, Parks volunteered for “Project 112” and was intentionally exposed to chemical warfare agents. In 2000 and in 2002, Parks sought service connection for…
ROBERT DONALDSON v. DHS
Date: May 2, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3160
ROBERT DONALDSON v. MSPB
Date: May 2, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3161
EXELIXIS, INC. v. REA
Date: May 2, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1175
Allergan, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc.
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1619
Justia Opinion Summary: Combigan®, used to treat glaucoma, is a combination of the well-known alpha2-agonist Alphagan® and the well-known beta-blocker Timoptic® and contains the preservative benzalkonium chloride, which is widely-used in…
Versata Software, Inc. v. SAP Am., Inc.
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1029
Justia Opinion Summary: Versata’s patents relate to computer-based pricing of products. In prior art, each factor required separate database queries, so that determining a price was highly inefficient. The claimed invention identifies all the…
Figueroa v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5064
Justia Opinion Summary: Figueroa received the flu vaccine in 2008. Within 20 days, he developed numbness in his face, impaired speech, and weakness. He was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a sometimes fatal nervous system disorder.…
HARVEST TOOMER v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7130
SHERYL TAYLOR v. MSPB [ORDER.1]
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3037
RUSSELL BAILEY v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7052
JOSE COSSIO v. AIR FORCE
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1662
MORRIS MAY v. US
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5109
SHERYL TAYLOR v. MSPB
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3037
RAKHMATULLA ASATOV v. LABOR
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3047
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3079
JOHN YERESSIAN v. ARMY
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3080
JOHN YERESSIAN v. ARMY
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3081
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3082
SHIMANO, INC. v. REA
Date: April 29, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1286
MacLean v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
11-3231
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003 Federal Air Marshals were told of a potential hijacking plot. Soon after that, the Agency sent an unencrypted text message to the Marshals’ cell phones temporarily cancelling missions on flights from Las Vegas.…
Biosig Instruments, Inc. v. Nautilus, Inc.
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1289
Justia Opinion Summary: The 753 patent is directed to a heart rate monitor that purports to improve upon the prior art by effectively eliminating noise signals during the process of detecting a user’s heart rate. According to the patent, prior…
CEATS, INC. v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1614
FRANKLYN MORRISON v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7109
FRANK MORENO, JR. v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7170
MAX IMPACT, LLC v. SHERWOOD GROUP, INC.
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1120
AEVOE CORP. v. AE TECH CO., LTD.
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1149
RAKHMATULLA ASATOV v. AID
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3068
KIMBERLY BRITTON v. TREASURY
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3076
GERALD GOMEZ v. DVA
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3089
MONTY SHELTON v. US
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5057
HAROLD VAN ALLEN v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7057
NORMAN PETERSON v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 25, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7133
VICTOR GARRIDO v. BOB HOLT
Date: April 25, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1194
AVON SPEARMAN v. MSPB
Date: April 25, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3053
ROBERT CHAPMAN v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 25, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7026
LARRY CANTY v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 25, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7053
ALDEN LEEDS, INC. v. US
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1202
IN RE VIOLATION OF RULE 50
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number:
13-147
PATRICIA DANIEL v. MSPB
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3040
ROBERT STEELE v. MSPB
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3065
KEVIN FELTS v. US
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5050
IN RE BROADCOM CORP.
Date: April 23, 2013
Docket Number:
13-141
YERESSIAN V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: April 23, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3079
LADD V. U.S.
Date: April 22, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5086
Lazare Kaplan Int'l, Inc. v. Photoscribe Techs, Inc.
Date: April 19, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1247
Justia Opinion Summary: Lazare Kaplan owns the 351 patent, which claims methods and systems for using lasers to make microinscriptions on gemstones. In 2006, Lazare Kaplan brought suit for infringement of two patents, including the 351 patent,…
Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Zenni Optical, Inc.
Date: April 19, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1318
Justia Opinion Summary: Aspex’s complaint charged Zenni with infringement of three patents directed to clip-on eyewear in which magnets secure the bridge portions of the eyewear. The district court held that Aspex was collaterally estopped from…
WIND TOWER TRADE COALITION V. U.S.
Date: April 19, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1303
K-Tech Telecomm., Inc. v. Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Date: April 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1425
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2011, K-Tech sued DirecTV for patent infringement against DirecTV. On the same day, K-Tech filed a similar action against TWC. The complaints named four patents identifying systems and methods for modifying a major…
Conforto v. Merit Sys. Protection Bd.
Date: April 18, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3119
Justia Opinion Summary: Conforto worked for the Department of the Navy for 39 years; she alleges that she was forced to retire in 2010 because of events motivated by age and sex discrimination, and retaliation for prior equal employment…
TAYLOR V. MSPB
Date: April 18, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3037
IN RE YEAGER
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1667
DONALDSON V. DHS
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3160
BROWN V. SHINSEKI
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7062
Biogen Idec, Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1120
Justia Opinion Summary: In the mid-1990s, Biogen scientists discovered that patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia could be treated using anti-CD20 antibodies like Biogen’s Rituxan. Biogen obtained the 612 patent covering a method for…
Union Steel v. United States
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1248
Justia Opinion Summary: The U.S. Department of Commerce used a practice known as “zeroing” to determine antidumping duties in administrative reviews, even though Commerce no longer uses zeroing in investigations establishing antidumping orders.…
SPEEDTRACK, INC. v. WALMART.COM USA, LLC
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1319
Bayer Healthcare Pharma, Inc. v. Watson Pharma, Inc.
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1397
Justia Opinion Summary: First introduced in 1960, combined oral contraceptive (COC) “birth control pills,” deliver synthetic hormones that regulate the natural ovarian cycle and prevent pregnancy. Bayer filed an application directed to a…
LEE JONES v. DOJ
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3144
WILLIAMS V. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3166
RAGLAND V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3054
FLEMING V. COWARD
Date: April 15, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1091
VIRGINIA LOVETT v. IRS
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3030
EDWIN COLON-RIVERA v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7110
ALEXANDER ORENSHTEYN v. CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1308
ANTHONY V. DEPT. OF THE TREASURY
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number:
11-3145
CBT FLINT PARTNERS, LLC v. RETURN PATH, INC.
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1460
HOME PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL v. US
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1608
IN RE AVOCENT REDMOND CORP.
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1078
IN RE AVOCENT CORP.
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1079
ALPS SOUTH, LLC. V. THE OHIO WOOD CO.
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1122
ABRAHAMS V. HARD DRIVE PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1126
GIST V. U.S.
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1127
HARRIS V. SHINSEKI
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7003
IN RE BRADY
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-140
INRE: KARL URQUHART
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1691
DOUGLAS MACNEILL v. MSPB
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3175
GTSI CORP. V. GSA
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1152
DONNA CAMP v. DVA
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3008
MARSHA PAYTON v. MSPB
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3011
MITCHELL V. MSPB
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3056
BOYLE V. U.S.
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5032
MARIA DE IGLESIAS V. US
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5060
GLENN CONNERY v. LAURENCE BOUCHER
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1612
Ladd v. United States
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5086
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1903 the railroad acquired a right-of-way for a 100-foot wide, 76-mile long, strip across Arizona land near the Mexican border. After operating for about 100 years, the railroad initiated proceedings to abandon the…
RICKY WILDMAN v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7058
JAMES STANLEY, JR. v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7121
WINSETT V. SHIINSEKI
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7180
NOROTOS, INC. v. OPS-CORE, INC.
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1042
INFINERA CORP. V. CHEETAH OMNI, LLC.
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1153
STAUFFER V. BROOKS BROTHERS, INC.
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1180
IN RE FLEISCHHACKER
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1191
ROOSEVELT ANTHONY v. OPM
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3018
CASSIE MCKENZIE v. US
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5022
MICHAEL LONG v. US
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5027
PERRY V. U.S.
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5037
GRACIANO ESCOSIA v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7019
COLEMAN V. SHINSEKI
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7021
MOORE V. SHINSEKI
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7023
BENAVIDES V. SHINSEKI
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7066
APOTEX, INC. v. CEPHALON, INC.
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1417
MICHAEL SNOWDEN v. INTERIOR
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3153
JOHN MAIERS v. HHS
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3184
PAUL SCHILLECI v. OPM
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3188
ALFRED CHARLES v. MSPB
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3196
MICHAEL HONEA v. MSPB
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3199
Vazquez-Claudio v. Shinseki
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7114
Justia Opinion Summary: Vazquez-Claudio is a Vietnam veteran. Following his service, Vazquez-Claudio filed a claim with the VA seeking disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder. In 2005, after finding that his PTSD was service-…
CHIKEZIE OTTAH v. VERIFONE SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1106
WILLIAM WAGONER v. OPM
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3006
COSTNER V. SHINSEKI
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7063
JOHN BERRY, DIRECTOR, OPM V. RHONDA CONYERS
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number:
11-3207
In re: Morsa
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1609
Justia Opinion Summary: Morsa’s patent application, entitled “Method and Apparatus for the Furnishing of Benefits Information and Benefits,” discloses both a method and an apparatus for receiving a benefit-information request from a user,…
MILO BURROUGHS v. ARMY
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3195
SEC V. ONYX CAPITAL ADVISORS
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1110
KENNETH KENT v. AIR FORCE
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3034
KATRINA CONWAY V. MSPB
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3084
Saffran v. Johnson & Johnson
Date: April 4, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1043
Justia Opinion Summary: Saffran is the owner and sole named inventor of the 760 patent, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Managing Macromolecular Distribution,” which concerns “treatment of injured tissues within human or animal bodies,…
CHRISTOPHER FINGER v. MSPB
Date: April 4, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3122
DAVID DICE v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Date: April 4, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3139
DARRALYN COUNCIL v. DVA
Date: April 4, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3168
HUNT V. SHINSEKI
Date: April 4, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7039
ERIC WILLIAMS v. AIR FORCE
Date: April 4, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3026
Kahrs Int'l, Inc. v. United States
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1034
Justia Opinion Summary: Kahrs imports engineered wood flooring panels for distribution to flooring wholesalers. Kahrs classified the products as “assembled parquet panels” under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)…
WILLIAM JONES v. EPA
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3167
EMMETT MCNEEL v. OPM
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3019
GEORGE PREWITT, JR. v. OPM
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3025
Dachniwskyj v.Office of Pers. Mgmt.
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number:
11-3158
Justia Opinion Summary: Theresa was married to Myron when he retired from the federal government in 1989. Myron elected to receive a reduced annuity and named Theresa to receive a survivor annuity. In 1998, they divorced. Myron married…
ALBERT BRONT v. TREASURY
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3121
Entergy Nuclear Fitzpatrick, LLC v. United States
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5059
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1983, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act established a plan for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) generated by nuclear power plants, 42 U.S.C. 10101–10270. The Act made utilities responsible for SNF storage until the U.S. Department…
GRONER V SHINSEKI
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7072
WILLIAM GRONER v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 1, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7072
RAMOS V. SHINSEKI
Date: March 29, 2013
Docket Number:
11-7169
MARVIN BRANDT v. US [ORDER]
Date: March 29, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5050
DIAMOND V. U.S.
Date: March 29, 2013
Docket Number:
13-5036
BERISH RUBIN v. GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1439
DISTRIBUTED SOLUTIONS, INC. v. US
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5129
MARCO GALLO-RODRIGUEZ v. US
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5136
JOSEPH WHIMPLE v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number:
12-7055
LANGE V. LITMAN
Date: March 27, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1565
IN RE FUSION-IO, INC.
Date: March 27, 2013
Docket Number:
13-146
Power Integrations v. Fairchild Semiconductors Int'l, Inc.
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1218
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court held that Fairchild willfully infringed several valid patents belonging to Power Integrations and awarded compensatory and enhanced damages in the amount of $12,866,647.16. The patented technology is…
IN RE HUBBELL
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number:
11-1547
BRIGHT RESPONSE, LLC. V. YAHOO, INC.
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1045
In re Owens
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1261
Justia Opinion Summary: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences rejected the 172 design patent application, a continuation of the 709 application, which claimed a design for a bottle with specific…
Brandt v. United States
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5050
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1908, the United States granted the railroad right-of-way to Pacific Railroad Company for railroad purposes. In 1976, the government conveyed 83.32 acres of land partially burdened by the right-of-way to Brandt’s…
FUJITSU LTD. V. TELLABS, INC.
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1052
IN RE HORLEY
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1145
PERKINS V. DEPT. OF THE AIR FORCE
Date: March 26, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3070
Checkpoint Sys., Inc. v. All-Tag Sec. S.A.
Date: March 25, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1085
Justia Opinion Summary: Checkpoint and All-Tag are competitors in the manufacture and sale of “resonance tags,” electronic anti-shoplifting devices that are attached to merchandise whereby if the attached tag is not deactivated, the tag…
Dawson v. Dawson & Bowman
Date: March 25, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1214
Justia Opinion Summary: 1999, Drs. Dawson and Bowman submitted the patent application that led to the issuance of the two patents at issue, which concern a method for topically treating and preventing infections of the eye. They claim to…
MARKEM-IMAJE CORPORATION v. ZIPHER LTD.
Date: March 25, 2013
Docket Number:
13-1032
JOHN WILSON, JR. V. SHINSEKI
Date: March 25, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7037
ANVIK CORPORATION v. NIKON PRECISION, INC.
Date: March 22, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1320
Haddon Housing Assocs. v. United States
Date: March 22, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5046
Justia Opinion Summary: Rohrer Towers is a housing facility for low-income elderly residents in Haddon Township, Camden County, New Jersey. Haddon leased Rohrer Towers to Housing Authority of the Township of Haddon, which entered into a housing…
PERKINS V. AIR FORCE
Date: March 22, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3074
WILSON V. SHINSEKI
Date: March 22, 2013
Docket Number:
13-7037
NATIONAL ORG OF VETERANS ADVOC v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 21, 2013
Docket Number:
11-7191
STEWART V. MSPB
Date: March 21, 2013
Docket Number:
12-3210
Slattery v. United States
Date: March 21, 2013
Docket Number:
12-5041
Justia Opinion Summary: Meritor Bank failed in 1992 after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) breached a capital agreement with Meritor. The Federal Circuit affirmed that the government was liable for breach of contract, and…
JOHNSON V. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Date: March 21, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3044
SUMPTER V. MSPB
Date: March 21, 2013
Docket Number:
13-3062
BASF AGRO V MAKHTESHIM AGAN
Date: March 20, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1206
Abbott Labs v. Cordis Corp.
Date: March 20, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1244
Justia Opinion Summary: Cordis sued Abbott, alleging infringement of patents for drug-eluting stents. The PTO reexamined the 844 patent and issued an initial office action rejecting all claims as obvious. Cordis submitted an expert affidavit…
INRE: CHRISTOPH GESKES
Date: March 19, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1390
EBAY INC. v. KELORA SYSTEMS, LLC
Date: March 19, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1474
PIXION, INC. v. CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: March 19, 2013
Docket Number:
12-1636
