2014 Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 501 - 1000 of 1266

COOK v. US
Date: July 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5049
SERVICE WOMEN'S ACTION NETWORK v. GIBSON
Date: July 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7079
United States v. C.H. Robinson Co.  
Date: July 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1168

Justia Opinion Summary: C.H. Robinson was the Customs-bonded carrier for three 2001 entries of wearing apparel from China, which entered the U.S. as Transportation & Exportation (T&E) entries, but were never exported and are “missing.” A…

PARAVATI v. OPM
Date: July 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3082
ePlus, Inc. v. Lawson Software, Inc.  
Date: July 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1506

Justia Opinion Summary: ePlus owns patents that relate to methods and systems for electronic sourcing: using electronic databases to search for product information and ordering selected products from third-party vendors. Claim 26 recites a…

Moore v. Dep't of Justice  
Date: July 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-8001

Justia Opinion Summary: The survivors of eight firefighters who died in 2003 sought survivors’ benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act, 42 U.S.C. 3796. The eight were employed by First Strike, a private company that works with…

INRE: KARPF
Date: July 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1035
JBF RAK LLC v. US
Date: July 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1354
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v. TEVA PARENTERAL MEDICINES
Date: July 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1455
REESE v. T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Date: July 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1519
DELVALLE v. MSPB
Date: July 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3118
WILLIAMS v. GIBSON
Date: July 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7004
VAUGHN v. GIBSON
Date: July 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7085
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 09-1372
RAMOS v. US
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5145
INRE: NOKIA INC.
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-133
POTTER v. BREN
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1379
POTTER v. BREN
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1505
ARNOLD v. MSPB
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3073
BURKS (THOMAS) v. USPS
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3115
MILLER v. USPS
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3132
POE-HENDERSON v. MSPB
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3138
MCNAIR v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3141
LEWIS v. OSC
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3148
TAYLOR-TILLOTSON v. US
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5101
BARKSDALE v. US
Date: July 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5108
Rusick v. Gibson  
Date: July 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7105

Justia Opinion Summary: Mrs. Rusick is the surviving spouse of veteran George Rusick, who served on active duty in the U.S. military 1942-1943. In 1983, a Veterans Administration regional office issued a decision continuing a 30-percent rating…

IRWIN v. GIBSON
Date: July 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7113
TAYLOR v. US
Date: July 22, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5068
Robertson v. Gibson  
Date: July 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7103

Justia Opinion Summary: Robertson voluntarily enlisted in the Army in 1963.After serving confinement for being absent without leave on two occasions for a total of about 340 days, Robertson was discharged in 1967 under conditions other than…

Erickson v. U.S. Postal Serv.  
Date: July 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 08-3216

Justia Opinion Summary: Erickson was a U.S. Postal Service employee from 1988 to 2000, and also a member of the Army National Guard Reserve. He was absent from the Postal Service for lengthy periods while on active duty with the National Guard.…

Align Tech., Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n  
Date: July 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1240

Justia Opinion Summary: Align’s Invisalign System, an alternative to conventional braces, uses a series of clear dental aligners that are worn sequentially over time to adjust the position of a patient’s teeth. The aligners must be…

INRE: GILCHRIST
Date: July 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-136
REBISH v. INTERIOR
Date: July 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3085
REBISH v. INTERIOR
Date: July 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3087
JOHNSON v. MSPB
Date: July 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3104
MITCHELL v. GIBSON
Date: July 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7074
MURRAY v. GIBSON
Date: July 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7076
Arlington Indus., Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.  
Date: July 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1357

Justia Opinion Summary: Arlington manufactured and sold electrical connectors that could be snapped into place, including the Snap2It® brand connectors. Bridgeport sold a competing line of quick-connect fittings called Snap-In and Speed-Snap…

MULTIMEDIA PATENT TRUST v. APPLE INC.
Date: July 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1620
MULTIMEDIA PATENT TRUST v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
Date: July 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1621
GANDHI v. BANDL-KONRAD
Date: July 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1087
DEEM v. MSPB
Date: July 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3037
INRE: RAJEN PATEL
Date: July 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1301
StonCor Grp, Inc. v. Specialty Coatings, Inc.  
Date: July 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1448

Justia Opinion Summary: StonCor Group owns the registered trademark “STONSHIELD.” When a different company, Specialty Coatings, sought registration of a competing mark, “ARMORSTONE,” StonCor opposed the registration, asserting a likelihood of…

WIRELESS INK CORPORATION v. GOOGLE, INC.
Date: July 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1683
TSE v. GOOGLE INC.
Date: July 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1222
TSE v. BLOCKBUSTER, INC.
Date: July 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1223
MARTIN v. GIBSON
Date: July 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7047
BLANEY v. GIBSON
Date: July 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7089
LEMUS v. DOJ
Date: July 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-8005
HERRING v. MSPB
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3170
Veridyne Corp. v. United States  
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5011

Justia Opinion Summary: Veridyne’s first contract to provide logistics services to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), was awarded pursuant to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) program for small, disadvantage businesses, 15 U.S.C.…

NEENAN v. US
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5147
INRE: ADAMS
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1160
IN RE CORELOGIC SOLUTIONS, LLC
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1489
YUFA v. TSI, INCORPORATED
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1539
WEISS v. MSPB
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3105
WISHNESKI v. OPM
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3128
SIMMONS v. MSPB
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3142
SCHIRRIPA v. US
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5064
MURPHY v. GIBSON
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7035
BAUER v. GIBSON
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7064
HARGER v. GIBSON
Date: July 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7086
ICON HEALTH & FITNESS v. OCTANE FITNESS
Date: July 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 11-1521
Medisim Ltd. v. Bestmed, LLC  
Date: July 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1451

Justia Opinion Summary: Medisim owns the 668 patent, which claims a device that is placed against the skin, takes temperature readings from sensors, determines time-dependent parameters of temperature change responsive to those readings,…

Golden Bridge Tech., Inc. v. Apple Inc.  
Date: July 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1496

Justia Opinion Summary: A Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system wireless cellular network has a base station and mobile stations, such as cellular telephones. To establish communication between a mobile station and a base, the mobile…

CASSIDY v. DOJ
Date: July 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3024
JOHNSON v. DVA
Date: July 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3076
Troy v. Samson Mfg. Corp.  
Date: July 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1565

Justia Opinion Summary: The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences declared an interference between Troy’s 451 patent, which claims priority to a provisional application filed in February 2005, and Samson’s 665 patent application, claiming…

Digitech Image Techs., LLC v. Elecs. for Imaging, Inc.  
Date: July 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1600

Justia Opinion Summary: Digital image processing involves electronically capturing an image of a scene with a “source device,” such as a digital camera, altering the image in a desired fashion, and transferring the altered image to an “output…

Anderson v. United States  
Date: July 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5117

Justia Opinion Summary: In a 2011 memorandum, the Secretary of the Navy explained that the Navy would be “challenged to reduce enlisted manning to meet future planned end strength controls due to record high retention in the current economic…

H-W Tech., L.C. v. Overstock.com, Inc.  
Date: July 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1054

Justia Opinion Summary: H-W, the owner of the 955 patent, sued Overstock, alleging that Overstock’s smartphone application infringed claims 9 and 17 of the patent, relating to an apparatus and method for performing “contextual searches on an…

NORMAND RAINVILLE v. GIBSON
Date: July 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7052
JOHNSON v. GIBSON
Date: July 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7057
Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers, Inc.  
Date: July 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1180

Justia Opinion Summary: Stauffer, pro se, filed a qui tam action against Brooks Brothers under the then-version of the false-marking statute, 35 U.S.C. 292, claiming that Brooks Brothers marked its bow ties with expired patent numbers. In 2011,…

U.S. WATER SERVICES v. CHEMTREAT
Date: July 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1236
ANDERSON v. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
Date: July 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1117
VirtualAgility Inc. v. Salesforce.com, Inc.  
Date: July 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1232

Justia Opinion Summary: VA alleged infringement of the 413 patent. One defendant, Salesforce, filed a petition with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for post-grant review of all claims of that patent under the Covered Business Method…

TREXLER v. GIBSON
Date: July 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7056
Dependable Packaging Solutions, Inc. v. United States  
Date: July 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1300

Justia Opinion Summary: Dependable imports packing, janitorial, floral, office supplies, and some glass items. In 2010, Dependable imported, from China, items invoiced as “Generic Bud Vases” valued at $0.30 or less and larger “Generic Trumpet…

INRE: NWOGU
Date: July 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-166
X2Y Attenuators, LLC v. Int'l Trade Comm'n  
Date: July 7, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1340

Justia Opinion Summary: The International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that Intel did not violate 19 U.S.C. 1337 because Intel’s products were not covered by X2Y’s asserted patents. The patents disclose technology relating to structures…

Retractable Techs, Inc. v. Becton Dickinson & Co.  
Date: July 7, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1567

Justia Opinion Summary: Retractable sued, alleging that Becton’s 1 mL and 3 mL IntegraTM syringes infringed claims of Retractable’s patents. Becton had commercially launched its 3 mL syringe in 2002 and the 1 mL syringe in 2003. At trial,…

R.T. Foods, Inc. v. United States  
Date: July 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1188

Justia Opinion Summary: Between October 2007 and August 2008, R.T. foods made 24 entries of “Tempura Vegetables” and “Vegetable Bird’s Nests” (frozen tempura-battered vegetable mixtures) from Thailand, 10 through the port of Boston and 14…

INRE: ANDREW SEARCY, JR.
Date: July 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-140
HARDIN v. US
Date: July 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5066
SIMANSKI v. HHS
Date: July 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5077
BELGARDE v. US
Date: July 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5091
INRE: NASUTI
Date: July 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-139
COLBERT v. US
Date: July 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5029
IRWIN v. US
Date: July 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5079
TAYLOR v. US
Date: July 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5097
AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. v. Janssen Biotech, Inc.  
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1338

Justia Opinion Summary: An antibody is a protein that binds to a foreign substance, called an antigen, to facilitate its removal from the body, and is useful in treating diseases. AbbVie owns patents directed to genetically engineered fully…

MadStad Eng'g, Inc. v. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office  
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1511

Justia Opinion Summary: MadStad sought a declaratory judgment that the “first-inventor-to-file” provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) was unconstitutional and a permanent injunction barring its enforcement. Before the AIA, the…

GOSS v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3124
BODDIE v. TREASURY
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3125
HOLMES v. OPM
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3127
CONNER v. OPM
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3129
MIDYETT v. DVA
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3131
BAUMGARTEN v. ARMY
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3139
LANE v. US
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5081
BAUER v. GIBSON
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7064
PAYNE v. GIBSON
Date: July 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7073
HIGHMARK, INC. v. ALLCARE HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Date: June 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 11-1219
SOUTHERN SNOW MANUFACTURING v. SNOWIZARD HOLDINGS
Date: June 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1586
Hill-Rom Services, Inc. v. Stryker Corp.  
Date: June 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1450

Justia Opinion Summary: The patents, which claim priority to the same parent application, are directed to systems and methods for enabling hospital staff to remotely monitor the status of hospital beds and disclose hospital beds equipped with…

LOCHNER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. VIZIO, INC.
Date: June 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1551
ROTATABLE TECHNOLOGIES LLC v. MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
Date: June 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1042
HARDING v. UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
Date: June 26, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3092
WILLIE KEYS, JR. v. GIBSON
Date: June 26, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7109
In re: Nintendo of Am., Inc  
Date: June 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-132

Justia Opinion Summary: Nintendo distributes its DS video game systems to stores and online dealers, which retail the system either as a stand-alone product or bundled with video games and other accessories. Secure sued Nintendo and 11…

Chemsol, LLC v. United States  
Date: June 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1402

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, Chemsol made six entries of citric acid, purportedly from the Dominican Republic, and in 2009-2010, MCI made 13 entries of citric acid, purportedly from India; both claimed duty-free status for the entries and…

CEATS, Inc. v. Cont'l Airlines, Inc.  
Date: June 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1529

Justia Opinion Summary: CEATS filed a patent infringement suit against airlines and ticket agencies. After the parties failed to reach a settlement during court ordered mediation, a jury found that CEATS’s patents were infringed, but invalid.…

KELLY v. MSPB
Date: June 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3178
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH v. ITC
Date: June 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1480
In re: Nordic Naturals, Inc.  
Date: June 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1492

Justia Opinion Summary: Nordic sought trademark registration for CHILDREN’S DHA for nutritional supplements. Nordic agreed to disclaim the exclusive use of “DHA” apart from use in the mark as a whole and clarified that the goods at issue are…

Augme Techs, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc.  
Date: June 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1121

Justia Opinion Summary: Augme sued Yahoo! alleging infringement of certain claims of two patents that disclose adding functionality, such as media or advertisements, to a web page. Yahoo! counterclaimed that Augme and World Talk Radio infringed…

Riddell, Inc. v. United States  
Date: June 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1384

Justia Opinion Summary: Jerseys, pants, and girdles imported by Riddell are all designed to be worn, in conjunction with protective pads (having both hard and soft components), while playing football. As imported none of the merchandise…

Fedmet Res. Corp. v. United States  
Date: June 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1539

Justia Opinion Summary: Resco filed a petition with the Department of Commerce requesting initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of certain magnesia carbon bricks (MCBs) from China and Mexico. MCBs are a…

PURE FISHING, INC. v. NORMARK CORPORATION
Date: June 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1655
SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY v. US
Date: June 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5086
INFECTION PREVENTION TECH v. LUMALIER CORPORATION
Date: June 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1038
WOODS v. MSPB
Date: June 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3098
TURCK v. GIBSON
Date: June 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7028
Gemalto S.A. v. HTC Corp.  
Date: June 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1397

Justia Opinion Summary: The 317, 485, and 727 patents (owned by Gemalto) derive priority from the same provisional patent application and share the same named inventors, specification, and title: “Using a High Level Programming Language with a…

DOBRYDNEV v. HHS
Date: June 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5118
BROUGHTON v. MSPB
Date: June 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3063
HIGGINS v. US
Date: June 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5025
DIAMOND v. US
Date: June 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5088
GOFORTH v. US
Date: June 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5150
E.DIGITAL CORPORATION v. ZTE CORPORATION
Date: June 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1239
ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE, LLC v. LEE
Date: June 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1330
VERSATA COMPUTER INDUSTRY v. SAP AG
Date: June 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1430
JOHNSON v. HHS
Date: June 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3104
HARGER v. GIBSON
Date: June 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7086
TRUFANT v. AIR FORCE
Date: June 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3168
LIFE UNIVERSITY, INC. v. BRAIN SYNERGY INSTITUTE, LLC
Date: June 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1353
MORA v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REV
Date: June 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1425
MURRAY v. GIBSON
Date: June 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7076
BROUGHTON v. MSPB
Date: June 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3063
GOSSAGE v. OPM
Date: June 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3078
Triton Tech of TX, LLC v. Nintendo of Am, Inc.  
Date: June 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1476

Justia Opinion Summary: Triton sued Nintendo alleging that the Wii Remote™ used in combination with an accessory infringes the 181 patent, which covers a computer input device. It discloses that a user can communicate with a computer by moving…

MONZINGO v. GIBSON
Date: June 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7061
CROSS v. OPM
Date: June 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3119
Marcum LLP v. United States  
Date: June 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5001

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission indicted Stanford for operating a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. The government seized most of his assets rendering him an indigent defendant. Court-appointed counsel…

HARRIS v. US
Date: June 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5083
VAUGHN v. GIBSON
Date: June 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7085
STANDARD FURNITURE MFG. CO. v. US
Date: June 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-1230
NEW HAMPSHIRE BALL BEARINGS v. US
Date: June 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-1246
ALLERGAN, INC. v. APOTEX INC.
Date: June 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1245
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc.  
Date: June 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1306

Justia Opinion Summary: BMS owns the 244 patent and markets a drug for the treatment of hepatitis B. Claim 8 of the patent is directed to a nucleoside analog composed of two regions: a carbocyclic ring and a guanine base. Nucleoside analogs are…

Essar Steel Ltd. v. United States  
Date: June 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1416

Justia Opinion Summary: Essar manufactures steel in Chhattisgarh, India and imports hot-rolled carbon steel flat products into the U.S. In 2008, Commerce initiated an investigation of whether Essar received countervailable subsidies for its…

IN RE: WIRTH
Date: June 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1075
INRE: GILCHRIST
Date: June 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-136
MONTGOMERY v. USPS
Date: June 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3049
GAL-OR v. US
Date: June 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5028
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: June 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3155
INRE: KALKANOGLU
Date: June 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1045
CONTE v. JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
Date: June 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1153
LINN v. OPM
Date: June 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3059
VARNADO v. MSPB
Date: June 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3107
CHERYL SWANSON v. GIBSON
Date: June 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7042
Allergan, Inc. v. Apotex Inc.  
Date: June 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1245

Justia Opinion Summary: The patents at issue involve a 0.03% bimatoprost ophthalmic solution that can is effective as eye drops to treat glaucoma, by alleviating intraocular pressure, or to promote hair growth. The 029 patent was assigned to…

In re: Dinsmore  
Date: June 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1637

Justia Opinion Summary: The inventors named in the application for the 568 patent, entitled “Miniature x-ray source with improved output stability and voltage standoff,” recorded a terminal disclaimer in response to rejections for…

ZIEGLER v. TREASURY
Date: June 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3099
Liftin v. United States  
Date: June 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5103

Justia Opinion Summary: Liftin died in 2003, survived by his wife, then a citizen of Bolivia, and his son, John, who became the executor of the estate. Although John is an attorney, he retained his former law partner, who practiced tax…

Wilson v. Gibson  
Date: June 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7037

Justia Opinion Summary: Wilson served in the Navy 1986-1990 and again 1992-1994. He was given a 70% disability rating for several service-connected physical conditions. In 2001, Wilson was found guilty of attempted first degree murder and…

INRE: MORRISON
Date: June 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1050
MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. BORGWARNER, INC.
Date: June 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1059
Q. I. Press Controls, B.V. v. Kappos  
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-1630

Justia Opinion Summary: Quad/Tech owns the 423 patent, which relates to a visual inspection system for printing presses and discloses an imaging system for web printing (printing with large rolls of paper) that uses an image sensor system…

01 COMMUNIQUE LABORATORY v. LOGMEIN, INC.
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1479
AGA MEDICAL CORPORATION v. W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1583
MCNEILL v. ARMY
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3096
HOME GAMBLING NETWORK, INC. v. PICHE
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1053
GOSSAGE v. LABOR
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3005
MITCHELL v. OPM
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3043
THURMAN v. MSPB
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3045
TAKEUCHI v. MSPB
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3051
GOSSAGE v. LABOR
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3079
LOWE v. US
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5039
DEFLANDERS v. GIBSON
Date: June 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7037
ELCOMMERCE.COM, INC. v. SAP AG, ET AL.
Date: June 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 11-1369
U.S. WATER SERVICES v. CHEMTREAT
Date: June 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1236
STC.UNM v. Intel Corp.  
Date: June 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1241

Justia Opinion Summary: The 321 patent, titled “Method for Manufacture of Quantum Sized Periodic Structures in Si Materials,” resulted from contributions of Brueck, Zaidi, Chu, employed by UNM, and Draper, employed by Sandia, and issued in…

NASSAU PRECISION CASTING v. ACUSHNET COMPANY, INC.
Date: June 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1410
INRE: BENTWICH
Date: June 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1460
DEAN v. MSPB
Date: June 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3026
LEE v. GIBSON
Date: June 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7036
Source Vagabond Sys., Ltd. v. Hydrapak, Inc.  
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1270

Justia Opinion Summary: Source manufactures water reservoirs in which drinking water can be stored inside backpacks for use during outdoor activities and is the assignee of the 276 patent, which focuses on a reservoir with a hermetic seal to…

DABNEY v. MSPB
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3149
IN RE REIJERS
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1052
LACHIEWICZ v. MSPB
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3052
MILLER v. DVA
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3061
IZON v. OPM
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3094
WOODS v. USPS
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3098
BURKS (THOMAS) v. USPS
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3115
HOVER v. US
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5022
HIGGINS v. US
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5025
COOK v. US
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5049
HARDIN v. US
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5066
IRWIN v. US
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5079
LANE v. US
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5081
LEE v. GIBSON
Date: June 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7036
EASTCOTT v. HASSELBLAD USA, INC.
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1050
In re: Rambus, Inc.  
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1192

Justia Opinion Summary: The 916 patent discloses a method and system for improving the efficiency of computer memory. It attempts to improve the general memory transfer system with the addition of an external clock to synchronize the timing of…

Consumer Watchdog v. WI Alumni Research Found.  
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1377

Justia Opinion Summary: Consumer Watchdog describes itself as a “not-for-profit public charity dedicated to providing a voice for taxpayers and consumers in special interest-dominated public discourse, government and politics.” In 2006,…

Krauser v. Biohorizons, Inc.  
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1461

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1987, Krauser, a periodontist, designed a dental implant system. He paid BHI’s predecessor to produce drawings and prototypes. In1991, the parties entered into a written agreement that specified that Krauser would…

Empresa Cubana del Tabaco v. General Cigar Co., Inc.  
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1465

Justia Opinion Summary: Cubatabaco, a Cuban entity, and General, a Delaware company, manufacture and distribute cigars using the COHIBA mark. General owns trademark registrations issued in 1981 and 1995. Cubatabaco owns the mark in Cuba and…

Biery v. United States  
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5082

Justia Opinion Summary: About 100 years ago, the then-owners of land abutting a 2.88-mile stretch of rail corridor near the City of South Hutchinson, Kansas granted deeds covering that land to the predecessor of the Burlington Northern and…

INRE: APPLE INC.
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1002
INRE: DISTEFANO
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1130
INRE: BELING
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-135
ALLEN v. STATE FARM
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1440
BARNES v. MSPB
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3058
ROSARIO-FABREGAS v. ARMY
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3092
HARRIS v. US
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5005
WILSON v. US
Date: June 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5047
MacLean-Fogg Co. v. United States  
Date: June 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1187

Justia Opinion Summary: When the Department of Commerce conducts a countervailing duty investigation of merchandise in a market involving many exporters and producers, it may select a sample of exporters and producers for individual…

Kingdomware Techs, Inc. v. United States  
Date: June 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5042

Justia Opinion Summary: Kingdomware is a VA-certified service-disabled veteran-owned small business. The Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. ch. 14A, states that small businesses generally will receive “a fair proportion of the total purchases and…

INRE: STEED
Date: June 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1458
COTHRON-MALLETT v. MSPB
Date: June 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3035
REBISH v. INTERIOR
Date: June 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3085
REBISH v. INTERIOR
Date: June 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3087
MOORE v. MSPB
Date: June 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3089
Lifestyle Enter, Inc. v. United States  
Date: June 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1323

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, the Department of Commerce imposed antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China. In 2008, acting under 19 U.S.C. 1675(a), Commerce initiated its third administrative review of the duties, covering…

INRE: NASUTI
Date: June 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-139
JONES v. MSPB
Date: June 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3050
K/S HIMPP v. HEAR-WEAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Date: May 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1549
INRE: RAMBUS, INC.
Date: May 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1623
STEELE v. MSPB
Date: May 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3065
Spicer v. Shinseki  
Date: May 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7142

Justia Opinion Summary: Spicer served on active duty in the Navy from 1984 until 1987. In 1986, Spicer fractured his left little finger when a door closed on his hand while aboard ship. The fracture required surgery, which resulted in the…

ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC. v. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS
Date: May 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1324
EVERIST v. AGRICULTURE
Date: May 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1358
MCNEELY v. COURTLEY
Date: May 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1408
FREEMAN v. US
Date: May 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5023
TAYLOR v. US
Date: May 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5068
Mueller Comercial de Mexico v. United States  
Date: May 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1391

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, the Department of Commerce initiated administrative review of an antidumping duty order, issuing questionnaires to Mueller, an exporter, which purchased most of its subject merchandise from TUNA and Ternium, and…

SUFI Network Servs, Inc. v. United States  
Date: May 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5039

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1996, the Air Force entered into a contract under which SUFI would install and operate telephone systems in guest lodgings on bases in Europe at no cost to the government; the Air Force agreed that SUFI network was to…

INRE: ATOPTECH, INC.
Date: May 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-124
RYSKAMP v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REV
Date: May 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1398
WILLIAM HARRIS v. US
Date: May 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5044
DIXON v. US
Date: May 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5056
JAVILLONAR v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7062
BERIONT v. GTE LABORATORIES
Date: May 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1424
MARIA JONES v. MSPB
Date: May 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3081
Suffolk Techs., LLC v. AOL Inc.  
Date: May 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1392

Justia Opinion Summary: Suffolk owns a patent directed to methods and systems for controlling a server that supplies files to computers rendering web pages. The patent discloses using the address of the referring web page to determine whether…

K/S HIMPP v. Hear-Wear Techs., LLC  
Date: May 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1549

Justia Opinion Summary: Hear-Wear's patent is directed to a hearing aid with a behind-the-ear audio processing module, an in-the-canal module, and a connector between the modules. During prosecution of the patent, the examiner initially…

CIGAR KING, LLC v. CORPORACION HABANOS, S.A.
Date: May 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1531
MOTOROLA MOBILITY, LLC v. ITC
Date: May 22, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1417
DIAMOND SAWBLADES MANUFACTURER v. COMMERCE
Date: May 22, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1367
JONES v. ENERGY
Date: May 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3081
FENLON v. NAVY
Date: May 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3088
BEYERS v. STATE
Date: May 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3096
WEISS v. MSPB
Date: May 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3105
BOOKER v. OPM
Date: May 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3106
GRAVES v. HHS
Date: May 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5063
MURRAY v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7076
THOMPSON v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7078
WILLIAMSON v. AT&T OPERATIONS, INC.
Date: May 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1023
DEFENSE v. THE BOEING COMPANY
Date: May 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1235
Tobinick v. Olmarker  
Date: May 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1499

Justia Opinion Summary: The related patents claim priority from a 1998 application and concern drugs for treatment of spinal nerve injuries, often associated with herniated discs. Between spinal vertebrae are soft “spinal discs,” that permit…

JONES v. MSPB
Date: May 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3050
BROUGHTON v. MSPB
Date: May 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3063
ALZHEIMER'S INSTITUTE v. AVID RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
Date: May 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1544
INRE: BELLANDI
Date: May 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1638
SPENCER v. TACO BELL, CORP.
Date: May 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1097
INNOVATIVE BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOG v. TOSHIBA AMERICA
Date: May 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1288
CUTINO v. NIGHTLIFE MEDIA, INC.
Date: May 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1541
BLASHFORD v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7094
INRE: MONDIS TECH., LTD.
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1292
SITE UPDATE SOLUTIONS, LLC v. ACCOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1458
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. v. ITC
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1519
BASSALI v. JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1558
CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNER v. FACEBOOK, INC.
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1596
NORTHWEST FARM CREDIT SERVICE v. HIRSCH
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1685
BENNER v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7098
TERRY v. NEWMAN
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1036
COUNCIL FOR TRIBAL EMPLOYMENT v. US
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5003
ROBERSON v. US
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5071
DUNCAN v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7043
BAUER v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7064
GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS v. KOHLER COMPANY
Date: May 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1311
Deckers Corp. v. United States  
Date: May 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1356

Justia Opinion Summary: Deckers imports Teva® Sports Sandals from Hong Kong. The sandals at issue do not have fully-enclosed uppers, but have rubber or plastic soles and cloth or textile straps; the toe and heel sections are open, and the upper…

In re: Geller  
Date: May 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1412

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010, Geller and Spence filed an intent-to-use application to register the mark STOP THE ISLAMISATION OF AMERICA in connection with “[p]roviding information regarding understanding and preventing terrorism.” The…

ESSOCIATE, INC. v. AZOOGLE.COM, INC.
Date: May 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1446
POWER TRAIN COMPONENTS, INC. v. US
Date: May 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1474
LAZARO v. DVA
Date: May 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3057
CHESAPEAKE MARINE TOURS, INC. v. ALCATRAZ MEDIA, INC.
Date: May 13, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1031
TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS CORP. v. ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: May 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1661
BELTER v. DHS
Date: May 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3028
WHITBY v. OPM
Date: May 12, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3057
Oracle Am., Inc. v. Google Inc.  
Date: May 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1021

Justia Opinion Summary: Sun developed the Java computer programming platform, released in 1996, to eliminate the need for different versions of computer programs for different operating systems or devices. With Java, a programmer could “write…

InTouch Tech., Inc. v. VGo Commc'ns, Inc.  
Date: May 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1201

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2001, InTouch developed a remote telepresence robot system for the health care industry that allows physicians and family members to visit a patient through a remote terminal without travelling to the patient’s…

Monsanto Co. v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.  
Date: May 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1349

Justia Opinion Summary: Monsanto developed a genetic modification in soybean seeds (Roundup Ready® (RR)), known as the 40-3-2 event (RR trait), which enables soybean plants to tolerate application of glyphosate herbicide to kill weeds. Monsanto…

BUCKLEY v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7073
MILLER v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7085
ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD. v. LEE
Date: May 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1086
TAYLOR v. TAYLOR MADE PLASTICS, INC.
Date: May 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1212
HARRIS v. MSPB
Date: May 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3056
PRICE v. HHS
Date: May 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5041
Gen. Elec. Co. v. Wilkins  
Date: May 8, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1170

Justia Opinion Summary: Lightning strikes and animal contacts can cause wires of the power grid to short. Such “low voltage events” can damage wind turbines, which previously disconnected from the grid during a low voltage event. As wind began…

In re: Roslin Inst. (Edinburgh)  
Date: May 8, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1407

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1996, Campbell and Ian successfully produced the first mammal ever cloned from an adult somatic cell: Dolly the Sheep. Known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, the process involves removing the nucleus of a somatic…

SCHWINDT v. MILLER
Date: May 8, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1563
KELLER v. US
Date: May 8, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5051
NEWGARD v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 8, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7005
BERRY v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 8, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7067
EVANS v. USPS
Date: May 7, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-3190
GRADY v. US
Date: May 7, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5129
HUNT v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 7, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7025
In re: Packard  
Date: May 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1204

Justia Opinion Summary: The patent application, filed before the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, replaced paragraph 2 of 35 U.S.C. 112 in 2012, covers a coin change holder, a plastic card with four channels on its surface for storing different…

INRE: HOWARD
Date: May 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-125
CARIK v. HHS
Date: May 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1270
POTTER v. BREN
Date: May 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1379
BROXTON v. CREWS
Date: May 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1381
PENN v. DEFENSE
Date: May 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3023
JOHNSON v. MSPB
Date: May 6, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3074
MICROSOFT CORPORATION v. DATATERN, INC.
Date: May 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1184
BRAINTREE LABORATORIES, INC. v. NOVEL LABORATORIES, INC.
Date: May 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1438
Matthews v. United States  
Date: May 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5109

Justia Opinion Summary: Matthews enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1990. In 2006, while on active duty, he pled guilty to computer pornography and solicitation of a child. He was sentenced to 21 years plus 10 months in prison. In 2007, an…

MICROSOFT CORPORATION v. MOTOROLA, INC.
Date: May 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1089
INRE: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIV IL
Date: May 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-122
INRE: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Date: May 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-123
INRE: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM
Date: May 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-127
INRE: PORAUTO INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Date: May 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-130
INRE: VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Date: May 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-131
WASHINGTON v. SHINSEKI
Date: May 5, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7063
TELLABS OPERATIONS, INC. v. FUJITSU LIMITED
Date: May 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1226
JONES v. MSPB
Date: May 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3072
DUHN OIL TOOL, INC. v. CAMERON INTERNATIONAL
Date: May 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1014
GE Lighting Solutions, LLC v. AgiLight, Inc.  
Date: May 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1267

Justia Opinion Summary: The 140 and 771 patents are directed to light-emitting diode (LED) string lights that include an LED, an insulated electrical conductor (wire), and an insulation displacement connector (IDC connector). Power must be…

BEYERS v. STATE
Date: May 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3071
BATDORF v. MSPB
Date: May 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3080
NEW-HOWARD v. DVA
Date: April 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3180
JONES v. MSPB
Date: April 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3050
ROSARIO-FABREGAS v. ARMY
Date: April 30, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3092
CARDPOOL, INC. v. PLASTIC JUNGLE, INC.
Date: April 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1227
REBISH v. INTERIOR
Date: April 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3085
REBISH v. INTERIOR
Date: April 29, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3087
Shell Oil Co. v. United States  
Date: April 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5051

Justia Opinion Summary: Following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, each of the Oil Companies entered into contracts with the government to provide high-octane aviation gas (avgas) to fuel military aircraft. The production of avgas resulted in…

Apple Inc. v. Motorola, Inc.  
Date: April 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-1548

Justia Opinion Summary: Apple claimed infringement of 15 patents by Motorola. Motorola counterclaimed, asserting six of its own patents. The patents concern use of finger contacts to control a touchscreen computer. Both sought declaratory…

MAYFIELD v. USPS
Date: April 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3154
INRE: SCHMIDT
Date: April 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-101
Vaillancourt v. Becton Dickinson & Co.  
Date: April 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1408

Justia Opinion Summary: Vaillancourt obtained ownership of the 221 patent from his mother through an assignment recorded with the PTO in 2011. Vaillancourt represents that the assignment took effect in 2005. In 2010, BD requested an inter…

INRE: WALLEN
Date: April 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1622
SYNBIAS PHARMA v. SOLUX CORPORATION
Date: April 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1672
Gilbert v. Shinseki  
Date: April 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7056

Justia Opinion Summary: Gilbert served in the Navy. His reported medical history upon entry into service revealed no psychiatric defects. After leaving service, Gilbert was diagnosed with major depression and required treatment for psychiatric…

In re: Dominion Dealer Solutions, LLC  
Date: April 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-109

Justia Opinion Summary: AutoAlert sued Dominion, alleging infringement of five patents that claim systems and methods that involve alerting a car dealership when a new lease or sale opportunity seems a good fit for a past customer. After being…

St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Div., Inc. v. Volcano Corp.  
Date: April 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1183

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010, St. Jude sued Volcano, alleging infringement of five patents. Volcano counterclaimed, asserting infringement of the 994 patent. More than two years later, the district court, based on the stipulations of the…

In re: Procter & Gamble Co.  
Date: April 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-121

Justia Opinion Summary: P&G owns patents that claim systems or methods for whitening teeth. P&G sued TT, alleging infringement of the three patents; in another district, Clio, which manufactured the accused products, sought a declaratory…

SOP SERVICES, INC. v. VITAL HUNTING GEAR, INC.
Date: April 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1309
Fine Furniture Ltd. v. United States  
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1158

Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Commerce initiated a CVD investigation, 19 U.S.C. 1671(a), on multi-layered wood flooring from China in response to a petition from domestic producers, limiting its individual examination to companies…

US v. MILLENIUM LUMBER DISTRIBUTION
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1203
K-SWISS INC. v. GLIDE'N LOCK GMBH
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1316
INRE: RAMBUS INC.
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1426
INRE: WALLEN
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1622
Checo v. Shinseki  
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7059

Justia Opinion Summary: Checo sought an increased disability rating for lumbosacral spinal stenosis, including disk bulges, which was rated at a 20% disability. On July 6, 2011, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals denied her request. Checo was…

INRE: WMS GAMING INC.
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-107
RAMBUS INC. v. LEE
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1133
INRE: GROUPON, INC.
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-118
ARCHULETA v. MARY MILLER
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-119
INRE: ALTAIR ENGINEERING, INC.
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-120
KELLY-FLEMING v. THE CITY OF SELMA, TEXAS
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1231
INRE: NARANJO
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-126
PRAGMATUS AV, LLC v. YOUTUBE, LLC
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1407
BISARYA v. HHS
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3068
WILLIAM HARRIS v. US
Date: April 23, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5044
Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Natco Pharma. Ltd.  
Date: April 22, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1418

Justia Opinion Summary: Gilead owns patents directed to antiviral compounds and methods for their use. The 375 and 483 patents list the same inventors and their written descriptions disclose similar content, but they do not claim priority to a…

Braintree Labs, Inc. v. Novel Labs, Inc.  
Date: April 22, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1438

Justia Opinion Summary: Braintree manufactures the SUPREP® Bowel Prep Kit, which helps to prepare patients for colonoscopies. In the late 1990s, two colon cleansing options existed; the safest required patients to drink large volumes of…

ALFORD v. MSPB
Date: April 22, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3067
JONES v. ENERGY
Date: April 22, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3081
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH v. Glenmark Pharm., Inc.  
Date: April 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-1489

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs’ patent concerns the anti-hypertension drug with the brand name Tarka,® a combination of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor trandolapril, and the calcium channel blocker (also called “calcium…

INRE: MURKOWSKI
Date: April 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1436
INRE: AOKI
Date: April 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1538
COTHRON-MALLETT v. MSPB
Date: April 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3035
DSM Desotech Inc. v. 3D Sys. Corp.  
Date: April 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1298

Justia Opinion Summary: Rapid-prototyping “additive technology” creates parts by building layer upon layer of plastics, metals, or ceramics. Subtractive technology starts with a block and cuts away layers. Additive technology include SL, fused…

PANDUIT CORPORATION v. ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Date: April 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1442
PANDUIT CORPORATION v. ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Date: April 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1501
Bowers v. Shinseki  
Date: April 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7087

Justia Opinion Summary: Bowers served in the Army National Guard 1972-1978, with a continuous period of active duty for training from August 1972 to February 1973. His records do not reflect that he incurred any injury or disease during…

KOKENGE v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7088
HINDS v. DHS
Date: April 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3077
COOK v. US
Date: April 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5049
DIXON v. US
Date: April 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5056
LINCOLN v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 17, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7038
SMART OPTIONS, LLC v. JUMP ROPE, INC.
Date: April 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1116
NOVARTIS AG v. LEE
Date: April 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1160
POWER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Date: April 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1477
INRE: DANIELLE SHIELD
Date: April 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1562
K-TECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS v. BLONDER TONGUE LABORATORIES
Date: April 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1645
HARRIS v. US
Date: April 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5119
MANAGEMENT & TRAINING CORP. v. US
Date: April 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5146
THOMAS v. US
Date: April 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5004
BASR PARTNERSHIP v. US
Date: April 16, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5037
SWOPE v. DOJ
Date: April 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3150
MAN MACHINE INTERFACE TECHNOLO
Date: April 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-114
INRE: SINGHAL
Date: April 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-115
VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC. v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Date: April 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1185
LEA v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Date: April 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1283
FRANKLIN v. DVA
Date: April 15, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3042
INRE: RAMBUS INC.
Date: April 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1087
Int'l Custom Prods. v. United States  
Date: April 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1176

Justia Opinion Summary: Following a request from ICP, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued New York Ruling Letter D86228 classifying ICP’s white sauce as “sauces and preparations therefor” under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United…

US v. MILLENIUM DISTRIBUTION LUMBER
Date: April 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1203
PUJIANG TALENT DIAMOND TOOLS v. US
Date: April 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1470
HERBERT v. HHS
Date: April 14, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3011
INRE: MARTIN BELISARIO
Date: April 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-137
THREE S CONSULTING v. US
Date: April 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-5104
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Apotex Inc.  
Date: April 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1128

Justia Opinion Summary: Generic drug manufacturers submitted Abbreviated New Drug Applications for FDA approval to manufacture and sell of generic versions of Boniva® before expiration of Roche’s patents, which are directed to methods of…

CARTNER v. ALAMO GROUP, INC.
Date: April 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1293
BUTLER v. ARMY
Date: April 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3171
Lakeshore Eng'g Servs., Inc. v. United States  
Date: April 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5094

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, the U.S. Army Contracting Agency solicited bids for repair, maintenance, and construction services at Fort Rucker, Alabama, with indefinite delivery and quantity terms. The mechanism for pricing such jobs…

RUDY v. PATO
Date: April 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1056
BOYD v. LABOR
Date: April 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3015
BOYD v. LABOR
Date: April 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3022
HUNT v. OPM
Date: April 11, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3041
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH v. VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Date: April 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-1575
ANDERSON v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7143
GOSSAGE v. LABOR
Date: April 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3005
KHALSA v. MSPB
Date: April 10, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3009
Trebro Mfg., Inc. v. Firefly Equip., LLC  
Date: April 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1437

Justia Opinion Summary: Trebro’s patents involve sod harvesters: vehicles with knives that cut sod pieces from the ground, conveyor belts to transport the pieces, and mechanisms to stack them on a pallet. FireFly’s accused product is the…

C. & J. CLARK INTERNATIONAL v. UNITY CLOTHING INC.
Date: April 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1542
Cunningham v. United States  
Date: April 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5055

Justia Opinion Summary: Cunningham worked for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in 2004-2005. He appealed his termination to the Merit Systems Protection Board, alleging discrimination based on marital status. Cunningham agreed to…

CAMERON v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7096
REITZ v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7135
IN RE RAMBUS INC.
Date: April 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1064
BECKELY v. RAITH
Date: April 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1213
O'DONNELL v. MSPB
Date: April 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3020
HARRIS v. US
Date: April 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5005
WESLEY v. SHINSEKI
Date: April 9, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7019
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. v. AMAZON.COM, INC.
Date: April 8, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1396
Chicago Bd. Options Exch., Inc. v. Int'l Secs., LLC  
Date: April 7, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1326

Justia Opinion Summary: ISE asserted infringement of its patent, “Automated Exchange for Trading Derivative Securities,” directed to an automated exchange for trading options contracts that allocates trades among market professionals and…

A&D Auto Sales, Inc. v. United States  
Date: April 7, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5019

Justia Opinion Summary: Former GM and Chrysler dealers, whose franchises were terminated in the 2009 bankruptcies of those companies, sued, alleging that the terminations constituted a taking because the government required them as a condition…

REMBRANDT SOCIAL MEDIA, LP v. FACEBOOK, INC.
Date: April 7, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-111
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. ABBYY SOFTWARE HOUSE
Date: April 7, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1229
In re: Teles AG Informationstechnologien  
Date: April 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-1297

Justia Opinion Summary: Teles owns the 453 patent, issued in 2005, which recites a “method for transmitting data in a telecommunications network and switch for implementing said method.” In 2007, a third party sought ex parte reexamination. The…

Microsoft Corp. v. Datatern, Inc.  
Date: April 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1184

Justia Opinion Summary: DataTern previously sued several Microsoft and SAP customers, alleging infringement of its 402 and 502 patents. DataTern sent the customers claim charts alleging infringement based on customers’ use of Microsoft’s…

Raytheon Co. v. United States  
Date: April 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5004

Justia Opinion Summary: In the early 2000s, Raytheon underwent a major reorganization, including the sale of several business segments, including AIS, Optical, and Aerospace (segments at issue). As part of each sale, Raytheon retained the…

KELLY-FLEMING v. THE CITY OF SELMA, TEXAS
Date: April 4, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1231
MITILE LTD. v. HASBRO, INC.
Date: April 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1127
In re: Toyota Motor Corp.  
Date: April 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-113

Justia Opinion Summary: AVS filed a patent infringement suit in the Eastern District of Texas, five months after AVS was incorporated in the Western District of Texas. AVS is a subsidiary of a patent-licensing company Acacia and shares an…

INRE: CBS CORPORATION
Date: April 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-117
ALBECKER v. CONTOUR PRODUCTS, INC. (FL)
Date: April 3, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1318
HOWLINK GLOBAL LLC v. NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS
Date: April 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1181
MRC Innovations, Inc. v. Hunter Mfg., LLP  
Date: April 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1433

Justia Opinion Summary: MRC owns the 488 patent, claiming an ornamental design for a football jersey for a dog, and the 487 patent, which claims a similar baseball jersey. Cohen is the named inventor and principal shareholder of MRC and…

GANDHI v. BANDL-KONRAD
Date: April 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1087
FREEMAN v. US
Date: April 2, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5023
FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL v. US
Date: April 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-1059
MITCHELL v. OPM
Date: April 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3043
JONES v. ENERGY
Date: April 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3072
ARNOLD v. MSPB
Date: April 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3073
JOHNSON v. DVA
Date: April 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3076
MCKOWN v. US
Date: April 1, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5059
Senju Pharm. Co., Ltd. v. Apotex, Inc.  
Date: March 31, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1027

Justia Opinion Summary: Senju’s patent covers an ophthalmic solution for eye drops containing Gatifloxacin, an antimicrobial agent, to kill bacteria. Tear dilution and the outer layer of the eye can prevent Gatifloxacin from passing into and…

Thai Plastic Bags Indus. Co., Ltd. v. United States  
Date: March 31, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1322

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated the Fifth Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order covering TPBI’s polyethylene retail carrier bags imported from Thailand during the 2008–2009 review period,…

Endo Pharm. Inc. v. Actavis, Inc.  
Date: March 31, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1658

Justia Opinion Summary: Endo sells Opana® ER extended-release tablets containing a painkiller, oxymorphone. In earlier litigation, Endo sued Roxane and Actavis for patent infringement, 35 U.S.C. 271(e)(2)(A), based on their Abbreviated New Drug…

HALL v. MSPB
Date: March 31, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3151
HOFFMAN v. US
Date: March 31, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5106
ELLIOTT v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 31, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7030
POTTER v. BREN
Date: March 31, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1379
LOSADA v. DEFENSE
Date: March 31, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3047
STEELE v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Date: March 31, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3055
JAVILLONAR v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 31, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7062
KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES v. US
Date: March 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-5106
DANISCO US INC. v. NOVOZYMES A/S
Date: March 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1214
Shire Dev., LLC v. Watson Pharm., Inc.  
Date: March 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1409

Justia Opinion Summary: Shire markets oral pharmaceuticals under the brand name LIALDA®. Its patent, entitled “Mesalazine Controlled Release Oral Pharmaceutical Composition,” concerns controlled-release compositions for treating inflammatory…

LaLonde v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.  
Date: March 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5088

Justia Opinion Summary: M.L. was born in 2003. At his 15-month well-child visit, his pediatrician noted that M.L. was walking and generally developing normally but did not “want to talk.” In 2005, M.L. received several immunizations, including…

DEEM v. MSPB
Date: March 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3037
JONES v. MSPB
Date: March 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3050
LOWE v. US
Date: March 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5039
WILSON v. US
Date: March 28, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5047
MAYFIELD v. USPS
Date: March 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3154
INRE: JOHN GROSS
Date: March 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1073
OPLUS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. v. SEARS HOLDING CORPORATION
Date: March 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1119
INRE: RYSKAMP
Date: March 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-112
E.DIGITAL CORPORATION v. RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
Date: March 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1236
NESBARY v. TREASURY
Date: March 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3046
NELSON v. OPM
Date: March 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3054
BCPEABODY CONSTRUCTION v. US
Date: March 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-5024
CLEMMONS v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 27, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-7041
Stoneeagle Servs., Inc. v. Gillman  
Date: March 26, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1248

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, Allen and Gillman agreed to adapt Allen’s electronic payment system, then used in the automotive industry, to process health care claims. Their contracts provided that Allen’s company, StoneEagle, owned the new…

Stone Lion Capital Partners, LP v. Lion Capital, LLP  
Date: March 26, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1353

Justia Opinion Summary: New York based Stone Lion manages a hedge fund that focuses on credit opportunities. Lion, a United Kingdom private equity firm, invests primarily in companies that sell consumer products. Lion has two marks registered…

NOVATEK, INC. v. THE SOLLAMI COMPANY
Date: March 26, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1389
ALGRIE JOHNSON, JR. v. TREASURY
Date: March 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-3158
CMS Contract Mgmt. Servs. v. United States  
Date: March 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5093

Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act, 31 U.S.C. 6301, states that an executive agency must use: “a procurement contract . . . when . . . the principal purpose … is to acquire … property or services for the…

CANGEMI v. OPM
Date: March 25, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3039
Brain Life, LLC v. Elekta Inc.  
Date: March 24, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1239

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1997 MIDCO alleged that Elekta’s GammaKnife, GammaPlan, and SurgiPlan products infringed its patent, “Method and Apparatus For Video Presentation From Scanner Imaging Sources,” directed to both a method and apparatus…

Biggers v. Dep't of the Navy  
Date: March 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-3059

Justia Opinion Summary: Biggers had been employed by the Navy for 29 years and in 2007 was Security Manager for the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center. The position required him to maintain a top secret security clearance. In 2008, a…

Abbey v. United States  
Date: March 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-5009

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are or were air-traffic-control specialists or traffic-management coordinators with the Federal Aviation Administration and alleged that the FAA’s policies governing how to compensate them when they worked…

ANDERSON v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-7111
IMPLANT DIRECT INT'L v. CLEAR CHOICE HOLDINGS LLC
Date: March 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1071
JACKSON v. TREASURY
Date: March 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3034
TAKEUCHI v. MSPB
Date: March 21, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-3051
Energy Recovery, Inc. v. Hauge  
Date: March 20, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1515

Justia Opinion Summary: Hauge and his former employer, ERI, disputed ownership of intellectual property rights related to “pressure exchangers,” a type of energy recovery device used in reverse osmosis. In 2001 they entered into an Agreement.…

CUTINO v. NIGHTLIFE MEDIA, INC.
Date: March 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1541
INRE: ROTHMAN
Date: March 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-110
M.Z. BERGER & CO., INC. v. SWATCH AG
Date: March 19, 2014
 Docket Number: 14-1219
Alcon Research, Ltd. v. Barr Labs. Inc.  
Date: March 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 12-1340

Justia Opinion Summary: Alcon’s patents disclose methods for enhancing the stability of prostaglandin compositions, including Alcon’s glaucoma and ocular hypertension drug Travatan Z®, which contains travoprost, the synthetic prostaglandin…

GABRIEL TECHNOLOGIES CORP. v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Date: March 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1058
GABRIEL TECHNOLOGIES CORP. v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Date: March 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1205
Guangdong Wireking Housewares v. United States  
Date: March 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1404

Justia Opinion Summary: The Tariff Act of 1930 permits the Department of Commerce to impose two types of duties on imports that injure domestic industries: antidumping duties on goods sold in the U.S. "at less than ... fair value,” 19 U.S.C.…

INRE: BERGER
Date: March 18, 2014
 Docket Number: 13-1473

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