2013 Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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PHILLIP M. ADAMS & ASSOCIATES v. DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION
Date: March 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1238
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: March 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1468
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. V. KAPPOS
Date: March 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1469
BOYKIN V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: March 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3058
FOX V. DEPT. OF DEFENSE
Date: March 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3078
GEORGE PREWITT v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 18, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7005
Frolow v. Wilson Sporting Goods Co.  
Date: March 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1185

Justia Opinion Summary: Wilson Sporting Goods agreed to pay Frolow royalties for “Licensed Article(s),” defined as “tennis rackets which are covered by one or more unexpired or otherwise valid claims” of Frolow’s 372 patent. After conducting an…

INRE: STAN CIPKOWSKI
Date: March 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1552
U.S. STEEL CORP. V. U.S.
Date: March 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1621
HARRY BURNETT v. DOJ
Date: March 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3102
Richard Rebstock v. Shinseki
Date: March 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7169
Aristocrat Tech., Australia v. Int'l Game Tech.  
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 10-1426

Justia Opinion Summary: The patent, entitled “Slot Machine Game and System with Improved Jackpot Feature,” issued in 2006 and relates to a system of linked gaming machines through which an allegedly improved jackpot mechanism is provided to a…

Synqor, Inc. Artesyn Techs., Inc.  
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1191

Justia Opinion Summary: High-efficiency DC-DC power converter systems are used to power circuitry in large computer systems and telecommunication and data communication equipment. The patents at issue involve converters with separate…

UNITED STATES STEEL CORP v. US
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1621
Morris May v. US
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5109
BARNETT BENJAMIN v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7127
Frank Moreno, Jr. v. Shinseki
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7149
RICHARD REBSTOCK v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7169
FRANCESCA COSTANTINO v. CARSTEN SEILZ
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1511
SYNOPSYS, INC. v. RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1522
MELISSA BURNETT v. MSPB [TRANSMITTAL-SHEET]
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3176
MARSHA PAYTON v. MSPB
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3212
CHRISTINE BALDRIDGE v. GPO
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-6001
ELLIOT BENDER v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7175
DOUGLAS MARSHALL v. MSPB
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3012
GREGORY INGRAM v. OPM
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3022
GREGORY RUFFIN v. US
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5016
SOVERAIN SOFTWARE V. NEWEGG
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1009
INRE: GUY HORNE, JR.
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1389
INRE: BRAD BOOZER
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1550
JOHN HOWARD v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3143
BEASLEY V DVA
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7029
EDWARD FEARS v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7047
ARNOLD FREEDMAN v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7098
JOHN-PIERRE BANEY v. MSPB
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3003
SPEARMAN V.MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3053
HARRIS V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3066
KIRKLAND V.DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3075
STANLEY V. U.S.
Date: March 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5054
NATHANIEL MCDANIEL v. MSPB
Date: March 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3183
EDWARD SIMPKINS v. OPM
Date: March 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3201
INRE: DOROTHY HARTMAN
Date: March 8, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1070
In re Hubbell  
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1547

Justia Opinion Summary: The patent examiner rejected all of the inventors’ pending claims in an application entitled “Enzyme-Mediated Modification of Fibrin for Tissue Engineering,” filed in 2003, relating generally to the field of tissue…

Global Commodity Grp., LLC v. United States  
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1346

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, following a petition and a related investigation, the Department of Commerce issued anti-dumping orders concerning citric acid and certain citrate salts from Canada and the People's Republic of China: In the…

FUNCTION MEDIA, L.L.C. v. KAPPOS
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1380
LIGHTGUARD SYSTEMS v. SPOT DEVICES
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1572
ILIR TSUNGU v. MSPB
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3155
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5098
KENNETH FARROW v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7074
GHANNAM V. MSPB
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3050
JOHNSON V. SHINSEKI
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7040
ASIA PACIFIC MICROSYSTEMS V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: March 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1225
Radio Sys. Corp. v Lalor  
Date: March 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1233

Justia Opinion Summary: Bumper Boy holds two patents on improvements to electronic animal collars; the 082 patent is a continuation-in-part of the 014 patent. Although the 082 patent contains some new matter, the asserted claims from the 082…

LEVINE V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: March 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3171
LEVINE V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: March 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3172
HRIECHE V. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Date: March 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5153
IN RE MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC.
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1470
PEREZ V. SHINSEKI
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7173
WOOD V. SHINSEKI
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7181
KENNEY V. U.S.
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5003
MEZZULO V. SHINSEKI
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7017
Move, Inc. v. Real Estate Alliance, Ltd.  
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1342

Justia Opinion Summary: REAL owns the 989 patent, now expired, directed to methods for locating available real estate properties using a zoom-enabled map on a computer. Move operates and maintains multiple interactive websites that allow users…

DOE V. U.S.
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5119
NIKRASCH V. USPS
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3007
DUNBAR V. USPS
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3035
ALCOHOL MONITORING V ACTSOFT
Date: March 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1066
GALLOWAY V. MSPB
Date: March 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3203
CASITAS MUNICIPAL WATER DIST V US
Date: March 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5033
HENDERSON V. SHINSEKI
Date: March 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7172
SAMBRANO V. DOD
Date: February 28, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3204
WILLIAMS V. DEPT. OF AG.
Date: February 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3166
GOSSAGE V. MSPN
Date: February 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3217
LUPIN ATLANTIS HOLDINGS v. MYLAN INC.
Date: February 28, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1141
WOJTCZAK V. U.S.
Date: February 28, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5025
YEH V. MSPB
Date: February 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3216
Casitas Mun. Water Dist. v. United States  
Date: February 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5033

Justia Opinion Summary: Casitas Water District operates the Ventura River Project, which is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and provides water to Ventura County, California, using dams, reservoirs, a canal, pump stations, and many miles…

ROAQIN V. SHINSEKI
Date: February 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7049
SANBORN V. ARMY
Date: February 27, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3046
STEELE V. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
Date: February 27, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3065
SCOTT TIMBER CO. V. U.S.
Date: February 22, 2013
Docket Number: 11-5092
Sharp Elec. Corp. v. McHugh  
Date: February 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1299

Justia Opinion Summary: Sharp, a federal supply contractor, submitted a termination compensation claim to the Department of the Army contracting officer, and later brought a Contracts Dispute Act claim before the Armed Services Board of…

Smith v. United States  
Date: February 22, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5105

Justia Opinion Summary: Smith was disbarred by the Tenth Circuit in 1996, followed by reciprocal disbarments by the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. District of Colorado and Northern District of Texas, and the Colorado Supreme Court. In 2007, the Tenth…

Walker v. Shinseki  
Date: February 21, 2013
Docket Number: 11-7184

Justia Opinion Summary: Walker served in the U.S. Army Air Force, 1943 to 1945, as a four-engine airplane pilot and flight instructor. The VA Regional Office denied his 2007 disability claim for bilateral hearing loss. Walker appealed to the…

MIDDLETON, INC. v. MINNESOTA MINING AND MFG. CO.
Date: February 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1283
Brilliant Instruments, Inc. v. GuideTech, LLC  
Date: February 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1018

Justia Opinion Summary: The patents generally relate to circuits that measure the timing errors of digital signals in high-speed microprocessors. These circuits, which are referred to as time interval analyzers, detect timing errors by…

MONDIS TECH V HON HAI PRECISION
Date: February 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1208
BOURDEAU BROS., INC. v. ITC
Date: February 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1262
VICTOR STANLEY, INC. v. CREATIVE PIPE, INC.
Date: February 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1638
McGuire v. United States  
Date: February 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5073

Justia Opinion Summary: McGuire leased farmland in Arizona from the Colorado River Indian Tribes with approval of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. After the BIA removed a bridge that he used to access portions of the leased property, McGuire filed…

PAUL BECHTEL v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7060
Northrop Grumman Computing Sys., Inc. v. United States  
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-5124

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2001, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement awarded Northrop a contract for lease and support of Oakley network monitoring software for one base year and three option years at about $900,000 per year. To obtain…

DIAMOND V. U.S.
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5036
INRE: ERIC JASINSKI
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1482
EASTMAN KODAK CO. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1588
LANDVOGT V. OPM
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3016
ALSTON V. OPM
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3063
Cephalon, Inc. v. Watson Pharm., Inc.  
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1325

Justia Opinion Summary: The patents relate to a method of drug delivery via the mucous membrane lining or mucosa in the oral cavity. The oral mucosal route provides direct access to the bloodstream without having to travel through the…

FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. ITC
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1149
IMAGINAL SYSTEMATIC, LLC. V. LEGGETT & PLATT, INC.
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1313
ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP v. ANCHEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1359
Function Media, L.L.C. v. Google, Inc.  
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1020

Justia Opinion Summary: FM sued Google for infringing three patents relating to advertising on multiple outlets such as newspapers and websites. The specification characterizes the prior art as inefficient because it requires advertisers to…

IMAGINAL SYSTEMATIC, LLC. V. LEGGETT & PLATT, INC.
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1313
PARKS V. OPM
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3032
KENT V. DEPT. OF THE AIR FORCE
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3034
RAGLAND V. DEPT. OF THE ARMY
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3054
BOYKIN V. OPM
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3058
JOHNSON V. OPM
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3064
THOMAS V. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7050
Young v. Dep't of Housing & Urban Dev.  
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3232

Justia Opinion Summary: Young served as a Public Housing Revitalization Specialist in the Office of Public Housing in the Cleveland office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 10 years. Young was representing himself at an…

1836549 ONTARIO LTD. V. GARMIN USA, INC.
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1275
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. V. CORDIS CORP.
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1316
SPENDINGMONEY LLC. V. AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1481
ABREGO V. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3070
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3099
LEE BARNETT, III v. DVA
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3189
RICKY WILLIAMS v. USPS
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3200
SPEARMAN V. DEPT. OF THE TREASURY
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3053
NATIONAL FOOD & BEVERAGE CO., INC. V. U.S.
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5014
STEVENS V. U.S.
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5045
WILSON V. SHINSEKI
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7037
Semiconductor Energy Lab. Co., Inc. v. Nagata  
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1245

Justia Opinion Summary: SEL owns the 463 patent, which names Nagata as a co-inventor. During prosecution in 1991, Nagata assigned his rights to applications and patents related to the patent to SEL’s founder Yamazaki, and subsequently signed a…

Prasch v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.  
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3185

Justia Opinion Summary: Prasch worked as a mail carrier for the Postal Service until suffering a work-related injury, compensable under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act. He received benefits from the Office of Workers’ Compensation…

LAURIE GERHARD v. OPM
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3187
FRANK MORENO, JR. V. SHINSEKI
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7170
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. V. WILKINS
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1086
TAYLOR V. MSPB
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3037
CANTY V. SHINSEKI
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7053
PSC VSMPO-AVISMA CORP. V. U.S.
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1076
CLEAR WITH COMPUTERS LLC v. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA, INC.
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1291
BIAX CORP. V. NVIDIA CORP.
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1387
Denney v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.  
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3094

Justia Opinion Summary: Denney served as a criminal investigator or special FBI agent from 1983 until her retirement in 2008. From 1983 until early 2001, Denney was eligible for and received “availability pay” under 5 U.S.C. 5545a, a form of…

FRED FREDRICK-BEY v. MSPB
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3165
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3173
VELMA SALINAS-NIX V. ARMY
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3209
ADMARK KOREA LIMITED v. US
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5120
DANIEL DEILY V. DEFENSE
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1118
ROBERT HOOFMAN V. ARMY
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3029
LARRY BROOKS V. AIR FORCE
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3033
JOHN BERRY, DIRECTOR V. TONY HOPPER
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3052
APELDYN CORP. V. AU OPTRONICS
Date: February 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1172
MERCK SHARP & DOHME v. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS
Date: February 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1434
ALEXANDER COOPER v. DVA
Date: February 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3112
TRACY JENSON v. US
Date: February 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5126
WEBSTONE CO., INC. v. RED-WHITE VALVE USA
Date: February 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1256
R+L CARRIERS, INC. v. PITT OHIO EXPRESS
Date: February 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1471
DAVID MOLTZEN v. LABOR
Date: February 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3145
WOLFCHILD V. US
Date: February 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5035
Arkema, Inc. v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc.  
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1308

Justia Opinion Summary: Before the mid-2000s, automobile manufacturers used a refrigerant called R-134a for automobile air conditioners. In 2006 the European Union enacted regulations requiring automobiles to use refrigerants with low “global…

Accent Packaging, Inv. v. Leggett & Platt, Inc.  
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1011

Justia Opinion Summary: Accent’s 877 and 992 patents arose from the same patent application and share a nearly identical specification, disclosing a wire tier device that is used to bale recyclables or solid waste for easier handling. Accent…

SAMPSON V. MSPB
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3021
DONALDSON V. DHS
Date: February 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3160
DONALDSON V. DHS
Date: February 1, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3161
WAGONER V. OPM
Date: February 1, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3006
INVENTIO AG V. OTIS ELEVATOR CO.
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1615
DEERE & CO. V. BUSH HOG, LLC.
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1293
Viegas v. Shinseki  
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7075

Justia Opinion Summary: Viegas served in the U.S. Army, 1965-1967. After leaving the service, he was injured in a diving accident, resulting in “incomplete” quadriplegia. In 2004, Viegas participated in a prescribed aquatic therapy session at a…

ASATOV V. MSPB
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3020
MARTIN V. US
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5023
RAYLON, LLC. V. COMPLUS DATA INNOVATIONS, INC.
Date: January 30, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1355
Deloach v. Shinseki  
Date: January 30, 2013
Docket Number: 11-7147

Justia Opinion Summary: The court consolidated appeals by veterans claiming that their current disabilities are connected to injuries sustained during military service. In both cases, the veterans’ medical records contained at least one…

FRANK MORENO, JR. V. SHINSEKI
Date: January 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7149
ARKANSAS GAME & FISH COMMISSION V. UNITED STATES
Date: January 29, 2013
Docket Number: 09-5121
RAYLON, LLC. V. COMPUS DATA SOLUTIONS, INC.
Date: January 29, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1355
ALLERGAN V BARR LABS
Date: January 29, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1040
IN RE HAASE
Date: January 29, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1690
IN RE EMC CORP.
Date: January 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-142
TAYLOR V. MSPB
Date: January 29, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3037
ALLERGAN V BARR LABS
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1040
MCDANIEL V DHS
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3049
MURVEIT V IRS
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3068
INTERNATIONAL INDUS PARK V US
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5066
MASON V DVA
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7042
HENRY SLAYTON, JR. v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7100
Hall v. Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.  
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1165

Justia Opinion Summary: The Tote Towel is a large towel with binding around all the edges, zippered pockets at both ends, and an angled cloth loop in the middle. Hall applied for a design patent for the Tote Towel in 2008 and began producing…

R+L CARRIERS V PITT OHIO
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1142
DOUGLAS MACNEILL V. MSPB
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3175
ERNIE BALL, INC. v. EARVANA, LLC
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: -1276
BERRY V. CONYERS
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3207
ERNIE BALL, INC. v. EARVANA, LLC
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1276
ALFRED CHARLES V. MSPB
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3196
WEN YEH V. DEFENSE
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3216
MICHAEL LONG V. US
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5027
Rexnord Indus., LLC v. Kappos  
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1434

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003 Habasit filed an infringement suit against Rexnord, then filed a request for reexamination of the 680 patent, which describes a mechanical conveyor belt that is formed of rows of belt modules interlinked by…

USPS V. LAURA K. MCNEW
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1586
ALBERT BRONT V. TREASURY
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3121
LARRY ERVIN V. SHINSEKI
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7103
DENNIS LANE V. HUD
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3036
CASSIE MCKENZIE V. U.S.
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: 13-5022
RUSSELL BAILEY V. SHINSEKI
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7052
Soverain Software, LLC v. Newegg, Inc.  
Date: January 22, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1009

Justia Opinion Summary: The 314 patent, its continuation, the 492 patent, and the 639 patent, relate to electronic commerce; products are offered and purchased through computers interconnected by a network. The patents arise from a software…

HARRIS CORP. V. FED EX CORP.
Date: January 18, 2013
Docket Number: 10-1094
MERLIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. V. NAPOLITANO
Date: January 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1123
Stephenson v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.  
Date: January 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3074

Justia Opinion Summary: Stephenson began receiving a Federal Employees Retirement System disability retirement, annuity and applied for SSA disability benefits, as required of applicants for FERS disability retirement. SSA determined that he…

ROBINSON V. US
Date: January 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5085
SHREVE V. SHINESKI
Date: January 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7077
CARL ROBBINS v. NAVY
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: -3177
MICHAEL STARANOWICZ v. TREASURY
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: -3197
Allflex USA, Inc. v. Avid Identification Sys., Inc.  
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1621

Justia Opinion Summary: Allflex sought a declaratory judgment that Avid’s patents were unenforceable due to inequitable conduct and that Allflex was not liable for infringement. Avid counterclaimed, alleging infringement. The patents relate to…

HARRIS CORP. V. FED EX CORP.
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1094
CARL ROBBINS v. NAVY
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3177
MICHAEL STARANOWICZ v. TREASURY
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3197
WOLFCHILD V. US
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5035
RAKHMATULLA ASATOV V. ARMY
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3039
MATTHEW NASUTI v. MSPB
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: -3136
JACOBS VEHICLE EQUIPMENT CO. V. PACIFIC DIESEL BRAKE CO.
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1193
Parallel Networks, LLC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.  
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1227

Justia Opinion Summary: Parallel owns a patent, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Client-Server Communication Using a Limited Capability Client Over a Low-Speed Communications Link.” The application was filed in 1999 and addressed problems in…

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. V. ARTHREX, INC.
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1265
MATTHEW NASUTI v. MSPB
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3136
DARRALYN COUNCIL V. DVA
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3168
SHARON STEWART V. USPS
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3210
BANKS V. U.S.
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5067
DONNA SAVAGE V. DVA
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3017
CYNTHIA HOPSON V. MSPB
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3042
RICHARD PROCEVIAT V. SHINESKI
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7010
M.E.S., INC. v. ARMY
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: -1457
LAWRENCE BROTHERS v. MSPB
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: -3180
PORRIELLO v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-7161
IN RE FREEMAN
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1158
SEIRUS INNOVATIVE ACCESSORIES V. CABELA'S
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1162
INNERPULSE v. KAPPOS
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1251
M.E.S., INC. v. ARMY
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1457
ULRICH v. MSPB
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3035
WILLINGHAM V. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3152
LAWRENCE BROTHERS v. MSPB
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3180
MOSLEY v. USPS
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3182
PAYTON v. DHS
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3193
W.C. v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.  
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5058

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff claimed that an influenza vaccination he received n 2004 at the age of 34 resulted in the onset of multiple sclerosis or significantly aggravated his preexisting, but asymptomatic, multiple sclerosis. A…

KELLY v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7062
COLANTONIO v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7094
JEFFREY S. WAX v. AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: -1494
JEFFREY S. WAX v. AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1494
SIMPKINS V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3201
Orion Tech., Inc. v. United States  
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5062

Justia Opinion Summary: The Army issued a solicitation, noting that it intended to award contracts without discussions and that noncompliance with proposal requirements “may result in elimination of the proposal from further consideration. . .…

IN RE DOROTHY M. HARTMAN
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1070
HEILY V. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1118
ASATOV V. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3028
BROOKS V. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3033
KENT V. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3034
TAYLOR V. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3037
HAYNES V. SHINSEKI
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7027
SOURCE VAGABOND SYSTEMS LTD. v. HYDRAPAK, INC.
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: -1408
IN RE FINJAN
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1542
MEDICIS PHARMA V ACELLA PHARMA
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1106
ROBIN DUNLAP V. NAVY
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3137
JONES V. USPS
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3149
ROBERT HOLMES, JR. V. DOJ
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3191
MILO BURROUGHS V. ARMY
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3195
Indian Harbor Ins. v. United States  
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5030

Justia Opinion Summary: Indian Harbor sought reimbursement under the National Defense Authorization Act of 1993, 106 Stat. 2315, 2371; 107 Stat. 1547, 1745 for environmental cleanup costs associated with the development of the former Marine…

LLOYD FLEMING V. RICHARD COWARD
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1091
DAVID GIST V. US
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1127
ROOSEVELT ANTHONY V. OPM
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3018
ERIC WILLIAMS V. AIR FORCE
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-3026
GEORGE SULLIVAN V. SHINSEKI
Date: January 11, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7018
INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: 10-1093
CARSON V. HHS
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: 10-5089
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES V. BRIDGEPORT
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1552
GREEN EDGE ENTERPRISES V. RUBBER MULTCH ETC.
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1539
MASON V. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3178
CUMMINGS V. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3202
Lost Tree Vill. Corp. v. United States  
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5008

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1968, Lost Tree entered an option to purchase approximately 2,750 acres on Florida’s coast, near Vero Beach, encompassing a barrier island, bisected by the A-1-A Highway, and stretching west to islands on the Indian…

Consol. Edison Co. of NY v. United States  
Date: January 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5040

Justia Opinion Summary: In its tax return for the year 1997, ConEd claimed multiple deductions pertaining to a lease-in/lease-out (LILO) tax shelter transaction under which a Dutch utility, EZH, a tax-indifferent entity because it is not…

AZ V. DVA
Date: January 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7046
AZ V. DVA
Date: January 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7047
AZ V. DVA
Date: January 9, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7048
HARRIS V. MSPB
Date: January 8, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3149
IN RE AVID IDENTIFICATION
Date: January 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1092
U.S. RUBBER RECYCLING V. ECORE INTL.
Date: January 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1166
SLESINGER V. DISNEY ENTERPRISES
Date: January 7, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1593
IN RE CHEVALIER
Date: January 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1254
MAYBERRY V. DODDS
Date: January 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3014
MICHAEL ROYSTER V. MARIROSA LAMAS
Date: January 7, 2013
Docket Number: 13-1065
ORION TECHNOLOGY, INC. V. U.S.
Date: January 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-5062
ACCENTRA V. STAPLES
Date: January 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1237
STEPHEN STRAUSBAUGH V. GPO
Date: January 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3126
GRETA CRAWFORD V. MSPB
Date: January 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-3206
Harris v. Shinseki  
Date: January 4, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7111

Justia Opinion Summary: Harris served on active duty in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1966 and from 1967 to 1970. In 1985, he had a VA Medical Center examination; an “Agent Orange” form associated with that examination indicates that Harris…

MARVA SNEED V. SHINSEKI
Date: January 4, 2013
Docket Number: 13-7029
WARREN V. DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 11-3223
RAMOS V. SHINSEKI
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 11-7169
ALEXSAM, INC. V. IDT CORP.
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1063
NATIONAL PASTERUIZED EGGS, V. JOHN DAVIDSON
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1386
JOHN DEROSA V. J.P. WALSH
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1401
JOSE APOLLO, SR. V. SHINSEKI
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7090
JAMES PERRY V. SHINSEKI
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7116
BEVERLY BLAIR V. SHINSEKI
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-7171
LIGHTING BALLAST V. PHILIPS ELECTRON
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1014
PAPIERFABRIK AUGUST KOEHLER SE V. U.S.
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1161

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