2014 Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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OPERATING SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS v. APPLE INC.
Date: March 18, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1487
DYNETIX DESIGN SOLUTIONS v. SYNOPSYS, INC.
Date: March 18, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1676
ZIEGLER v. TREASURY
Date: March 18, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3099
U.S. HOME CORP. v. U.S.
Date: March 18, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5059
USITA v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 18, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7021
Vederi, LLC v. Google, Inc.  
Date: March 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1057

Justia Opinion Summary: Vederi alleged that Google’s “Street View” infringed claims of related patents with a common specification and priority to a common provisional application. The patents relate to methods for creating synthesized images…

BOSE CORPORATION v. SDI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: March 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1347
NISSIM CORP. v. CLEARPLAY, INC.
Date: March 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1429
Century Exploration New Orleans, LLC v. United States  
Date: March 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5073

Justia Opinion Summary: The companies obtained an oil and gas lease from the government for a 5760-acre tract on the Outer Continental Shelf. They made an initial bonus payment of $23,236,314 and have paid additional rental payments of $54,720…

INRE: RUDY
Date: March 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1673
JOHNSON v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7091
INRE: EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
Date: March 13, 2014
Docket Number: 14-108
TSE v. GOOGLE INC.
Date: March 13, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1222
KELLY-FLEMING v. THE CITY OF SELMA, TEXAS
Date: March 13, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1231
DEAN v. MSPB
Date: March 13, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3026
THURMAN v. MSPB
Date: March 13, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3045
HOVER v. US
Date: March 13, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5022
DEFLANDERS v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 13, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7037
DIXON v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 13, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7050
Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co.  
Date: March 12, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1504

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2004, Becton sought a declaratory judgment of noninfringement of patents concerning Becton’s blood glucose test strip. The defendant, Abbott, sued Becton, Nova (Becton’s supplier), and Bayer, for infringement. In…

E2INTERACTIVE, INC. v. BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC.
Date: March 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1151
KEURIG, INCORPORATED v. JBR, INC.
Date: March 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1478
PERRY v. US
Date: March 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5120
NESBARY v. TREASURY
Date: March 12, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3046
BROUGHTON v. MSPB
Date: March 12, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3063
HIGGINS v. US
Date: March 12, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5025
SWANSON v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 12, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7042
MEDTRONIC INC. v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Date: March 11, 2014
Docket Number: 11-1313
Marvin Furniture Co., Ltd. v. United States  
Date: March 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1156

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, the Department of Commerce issued an antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China; importers who were not individually investigated are required to post a deposit at a country-wide rate of…

Danisco U.S. Inc. v. Novozymes A/S, Inc.  
Date: March 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1214

Justia Opinion Summary: Danisco and Novozymes compete as suppliers of Rapid Starch Liquefaction products, genetically modified industrial enzymes that convert plant-based material into ethanol. They have patents that claim α-amylase enzymes,…

RUSSELL v. US
Date: March 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5070
NICHOLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT v. US
Date: March 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5101
BLASHFORD v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7094
PERRY v. US
Date: March 11, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5021
PROMEGA CORPORATION v. APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC
Date: March 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1454
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC v. BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST CO.
Date: March 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1495
COMPRESSION TECHNOLOGY v. EMC CORPORATION
Date: March 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1513
INRE: DOCTORS MAKING HOUSECALLS, LLC
Date: March 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1553
AQUAWOOD, LLC v. WORLDSLIDE, LLC
Date: March 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1592
Larson v. Shinseki  
Date: March 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7060

Justia Opinion Summary: Larson, a Vietnam War veteran, suffered a gunshot wound in service. In 1969, he was granted a 40 percent combined disability rating. He did not appeal. In 2007, he claimed clear and unmistakable error (CUE), arguing…

HOLLOWAY v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7084
SCZYGELSKI v. MSPB
Date: March 10, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3007
BURROUGHS v. ARMY
Date: March 10, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3008
CRAWFORD v. MSPB
Date: March 7, 2014
Docket Number: 12-3206
ENGLAND v. OPM
Date: March 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3164
TOOTLE v. MSPB
Date: March 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3182
SMITH v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7092
LAMINA PACKAGING INNOVATIONS, v. ITC
Date: March 7, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1013
TREVINO v. US
Date: March 7, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5017
WALKER v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 7, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7014
GOESSLING v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 7, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7026
DIVIX GOLF, INC. v. JEFFREY MOHR
Date: March 6, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1235
SOROKA v. OPM
Date: March 6, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3173
HICKMAN v. SHINSEKI
Date: March 6, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7100
ABOU-HUSSEIN v. MSPB
Date: March 6, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3001
GOSSAGE v. LABOR
Date: March 6, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3005
COTHRON-MALLETT v. MSPB
Date: March 6, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3035
US v. TREK LEATHER, INC.
Date: March 5, 2014
Docket Number: 11-1527
AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY v. US
Date: March 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5116
HICKS v. USPS
Date: March 4, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3017
FRANKLIN v. DVA
Date: March 4, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3042
BARNES v. MSPB
Date: March 4, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3058
GAL-OR v. US
Date: March 4, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5028
Ancora Tech., Inc. v. Apple, Inc.  
Date: March 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1378

Justia Opinion Summary: Ancora’s patent, entitled “Method of Restricting Software Operation within a License Limitation,” describes a method of preventing unauthorized software use by checking whether a program is operating within its license…

MICHELOTTI v. US
Date: March 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5131
BAKER v. SHINSEKI [ORDER 2
Date: February 28, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7011
CISCO SYSTEMS v. LEE
Date: February 27, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1513
In re: Apple Inc.  
Date: February 27, 2014
Docket Number: 13-156

Justia Opinion Summary: Core Wireless sued Apple for patent infringement in the Eastern District of Texas. Core, a Luxembourg company with one employee, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MOSAID, a Canadian corporation. Core Wireless shares office…

In re: Barnes & Noble, Inc.  
Date: February 27, 2014
Docket Number: 13-162

Justia Opinion Summary: B.E. sued Barnes & Noble in the Western District of Tennessee, alleging that Barnes & Noble’s Nook® devices infringed a B.E. patent. B.E.’s CEO, Hoyle, the named inventor on that patent, has lived in the Western District…

CYBERFONE SYSTEMS v. CNN INTERACTIVE GROUP
Date: February 26, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1673
MCGEE v. AGRICULTURE
Date: February 26, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3174
ALCON PHARMACEUTICALS v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS
Date: February 25, 2014
Docket Number: 10-1097
INRE: HOFFMANN
Date: February 25, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1657
Elcommerce.com, Inc. v. SAP AG & SAP Am., Inc.  
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 11-1369

Justia Opinion Summary: Elcommerce.com owns a patent directed to a system and method of monitoring a supply chain of components to coordinate and stabilize the supply of components from various producers. Elcommerce charged SAP with patent…

Starhome GmbH v. AT&T Mobility, LLC  
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1694

Justia Opinion Summary: Starhome owns the 487 patent, titled “System and Methods for Global Access to Services for Mobile Telephone Subscribers,” aimed at solving a problem that arises when mobile phone users are in a network other than their…

RANDALL MAY INTERNATIONAL v. DEG MUSIC PRODUCTS
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1390
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE v. FIRST QUALITY BABY PRODUCTS
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1493
GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Banner Pharmacaps, Inc.  
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1593

Justia Opinion Summary: Dutasteride is useful in the treatment of androgen responsive diseases. Androgens are a class of hormones; testosterone is the major circulating androgen. Androgens are implicated in diseases including benign prostatic…

CONTI v. MSPB
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3071
BRENT v. USPS
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3072
Deleon v. Dep't of the Army  
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3129

Justia Opinion Summary: DeLeon and Williams were separated from their jobs as cooks at a facility at Fort Riley installation, for allegedly removing government-owned food from the facility without authorization. The facility was a…

DOUGLAS R. BIGELOW TRUST v. US
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5114
MASON v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7038
KERNER v. INTERIOR
Date: February 24, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3013
Lighting Ballast Control, LLC v. Philips Elec. N. Am. Corp.  
Date: February 21, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1014

Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Circuit previously held that patent claim construction receives de novo determination on appeal. Such review is conducted on the administrative record and any additional information in the record of the…

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. v. LEE
Date: February 21, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1513
Frans Nooren Afdichtingssystem v. Stopaq Amcorr Inc.  
Date: February 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1200

Justia Opinion Summary: Nooren owns patent 044, entitled “Use of a Preparation for Insulation/Sealing and Coating Purposes and Method for Sealing Manhole Covers,” which discloses a composition for insulating and protecting substrates, such as…

OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE LP v. OSSUR HF
Date: February 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1650
SEARCY v. AGRICULTURE
Date: February 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3175
KELLY v. MSPB
Date: February 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3178
Mason v. Shinseki  
Date: February 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7038

Justia Opinion Summary: When an attorney successfully represents a veteran, the Veterans Administration may directly pay reasonable legal fees to the attorney from any past-due benefits awarded to the veteran, 38 U.S.C. 5904(d). For most types…

Takeda Pharm. Co., Ltd. v. Zydus Pharm. USA, Inc.  
Date: February 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1406

Justia Opinion Summary: Takeda owns patents that claim the formulation for the brand-name drug Prevacid® SoluTab,™ which contains the active ingredient lansoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor used to treat acid reflux. It is the only proton pump…

NYCAL Offshore Dev. Corp. v. United States  
Date: February 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5001

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2002 oil companies filed breach of contract actions against the government, concerning sales of offshore oil and glass leases in the 1980s. The Claims Court held that the government had breached its contracts by…

Ring & Pinion Serv. Inc. v. ARB Corp. Ltd  
Date: February 19, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1238

Justia Opinion Summary: The patent claims an improved automobile locking differential: the differential is a mechanism that allows wheels to rotate at different speeds relative to each other. When locked, a differential distributes torque so…

NEW-HOWARD v. DVA
Date: February 19, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3180
IN RE RODRIGUEZ
Date: February 19, 2014
Docket Number: 14-116
LEA v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Date: February 19, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1283
HOVER v. US
Date: February 19, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5022
FREEMAN v. US
Date: February 19, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5023
NEWGARD v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 19, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7005
RAYMOND CALUORI v. ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1623
Butamax(TM) Advanced Biofuels v. Gevo, Inc.  
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1342

Justia Opinion Summary: Butamax owns the 188 patent, which covers a recombinant microbial host cell that uses a particular biosynthetic pathway to produce isobutanol, which is useful as a fuel or fuel additive, and the 889 patent, which issued…

OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE LP v. OSSUR HF
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1650
Deutsche Bank AG v. United States  
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5062

Justia Opinion Summary: Deutsche Bank filed its 1999 Form 1120F (U.S. Income Tax Return of a Foreign Corporation), reporting total tax of $105,725,463, total payment of $188,256,721, including credit for taxes withheld at the source…

GRADY v. US
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5129
MICHELOTTI v. US
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5131
INRE: MAYFONK, INC.
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 14-100
INRE: MCM PORTFOLIO, LLC
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 14-104
CELORIO v. GOOGLE INC.
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1115
SALEEM v. MSPB
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3025
HARRIS v. MSPB
Date: February 18, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3056
Solvay, S.A. v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc.  
Date: February 12, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1660

Justia Opinion Summary: Solvay’s 817 patent claims an improvement to a method of making a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC-245fa), which does not deplete the ozone layer as legislatively mandated to replace ozone-depleting alternatives. HFC-245fa is…

SPACECO BUSINESS SOLUTIONS v. MASS ENGINEERED DESIGN
Date: February 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1432
WEST CHELSEA BUILDINGS LLC v. US
Date: February 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5066
LADD v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7079
MAYS v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 12, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7140
INRE: JOHN GROSS
Date: February 12, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1073
DEEM v. DHS
Date: February 12, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3037
EL MALIK v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 12, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7009
HUNT v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 12, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7025
INRE: JAMES COX
Date: February 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1483
HOOD v. OPM
Date: February 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3126
MEUNIER v. OPM
Date: February 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3135
CONNELL v. OPM
Date: February 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3184
Metcalf Const. Co., LLC v. United States  
Date: February 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5041

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2002, the Navy awarded Metcalf a contract to design and build 212 housing units in Hawaii by October, 2006, for $50 million. Problems arose involving soil conditions. The request for proposals stated that the “soil…

GONZALES v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 11, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7070
HERBERT v. HHS
Date: February 11, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3011
MILLER v. DVA
Date: February 11, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3061
BROUGHTON v. DVA
Date: February 11, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3063
MURAKAMI v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 11, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7006
Roberts v. United States  
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 12-5113

Justia Opinion Summary: Roberts asserts that he is owed living quarters allowance (LQA) for his current civilian position as Deputy Camp Commander for a Marine Corps base in Okinawa, Japan. LQA is authorized for particular classes of employees…

Tempo Lighting, Inc. v. Tivoli, LLC  
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1140

Justia Opinion Summary: Tivoli owns the 446 patent, which relates to a stair-step lighting apparatus that uses a reflective strip of material to alert users to the edge of a step in darkened or low-light environments. Tivoli sued Tempo for…

INRE: VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1261
JINXIANG CHENGDA IMPORT v. US
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1422
PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC v. ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1424
COSTANTINE v. C.F.M. DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1467
CARLSON v. OPM
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3112
GANAWAY v. US
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5031
Stallworth v. Shinseki  
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7044

Justia Opinion Summary: Stallworth served in the U.S. Army, 1974-1975, during which time he experienced a psychotic episode that was attributed to his illicit use of the drug LSD. He recovered with hospitalization, but relapsed following return…

WILLS v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7058
MCKELVEY v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7136
LAKIM INDUSTRIES, INC. v. LINZER PRODUCTS CORPORATION
Date: February 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1225
INRE: MUNZ
Date: February 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1421
ROSS v. OPM
Date: February 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3125
GANDIA v. USPS
Date: February 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3162
COX v. OPM
Date: February 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3186
WESTERN MANAGEMENT, INC. v. US
Date: February 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5112
PHILBERT v. MSPB
Date: February 7, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3029
PFIZER INC. v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA
Date: February 6, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1576
Crewzers Fire Crew Transp., Inc. v. United States  
Date: February 6, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5104

Justia Opinion Summary: Crewzers was awarded blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) with the Forest Service to provide buses that transport fire crews to wildfires and other disaster areas in regional and national wilderness zones and to provide…

WHITBY v. OPM
Date: February 6, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3057
PRICE v. HHS
Date: February 6, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5041
TIANJIN MAGNESIUM INT'L v. US
Date: February 5, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1215
ALBERTS v. LEE
Date: February 5, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1259
CALYPSO WIRELESS, INC. v. T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Date: February 5, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1343
AUSTIN v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 5, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7149
HINTON v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 5, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7002
HARRISON v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 5, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7013
Dixon v. Shinseki  
Date: February 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7032

Justia Opinion Summary: Dixon served in the Army, 1979-1992, including as a chemical operations specialist in the Persian Gulf, where he was exposed to pyridostigmine and “encountered smoke from oil fires, diesel, and burning trash,” and had…

ANDREWS v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 4, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7065
Link Snacks, Inc. v. United States  
Date: February 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1319

Justia Opinion Summary: LSI imported beef jerky products consisting of sliced, cooked, cured, and dried meat seasoned with salt and other spices and flavors from New Zealand and Brazil. The manufacturing process for the imported jerky involves…

Kellogg Brown & Root Servs. v. United States  
Date: February 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5030

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2001 KBR agreed to provide the Army with logistics support services during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Individual task orders required KBR to install, operate and maintain dining services near Mosul, Iraq on a…

MIDDLETON v. SHINSEKI
Date: February 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7014
SWAPALEASE, INC. v. SUBLEASE EXCHANGE.COM, INC.
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 09-1445
EnOcean GmbH v. Face Int'l Corp.  
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1645

Justia Opinion Summary: EnOcean owns a patent application that claims a self-powered switch, which can be used to turn on and off lights, appliances, and other devices without a battery or connection to an electrical outlet. The named inventors…

INRE: GROSS
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1536
RAMBUS, INC.
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1597
INRE: TSE
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 13-168
GOFORTH v. US
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5150
ANDIR v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7137
WILLIAMS v. CITIMORTGAGE, INC.
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1688
XU v. US
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5016
LEAK v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7015
CARDPOOL, INC. v. PLASTIC JUNGLE, INC.
Date: January 30, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1227
REALTIME DATA LLC v. MORGAN STANLEY
Date: January 29, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1092
INRE: DEFFNER
Date: January 29, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1120
VASKO v. US
Date: January 29, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5014
LINCOLN v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 29, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7038
Banks v. United States  
Date: January 28, 2014
Docket Number: 12-5067

Justia Opinion Summary: In the 1830s, the Army Corps of Engineers began constructing harbor jetties into Lake Michigan near the St. Joseph River. In 1950 the Corps began encasing the jetties in steel-sheet piling. The project was completed in…

SNYDER v. HHS
Date: January 28, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5068
O'DONNELL v. MSPB
Date: January 28, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3020
REALTIME DATA, LLC v. MORGAN STANLEY
Date: January 27, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1092
INRE: CHAGANTI
Date: January 27, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1372
Adams & Assocs., Inc. v. United States  
Date: January 27, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5077

Justia Opinion Summary: The Job Corps program, a national residential training and employment program administered by the Department of Labor, was reformed by the 1998 Workforce Investment Act, which authorized the Secretary of Labor to enter…

SMARTGENE, INC. v. ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL LAB
Date: January 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1186
Wind Tower Trade Coal. v. United States  
Date: January 24, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1303

Justia Opinion Summary: After receiving petitions from the Coalition, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated antidumping (19 U.S.C. 1673) and countervailing duty (19 U.S.C. 1671) investigations covering utility scale wind towers from China…

Medtronic Corevalve, LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp.  
Date: January 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1117

Justia Opinion Summary: Medtronic sued Edwards for infringement of six claims of it 281 patent, entitled “Prosthetic Valve for Transluminal Delivery,” issued in 2011. Filed on January 5, 2009, the 281 patent descends from U.S., international,…

HOVER v. US
Date: January 22, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5022
VERSATA SOFTWARE, INC. v. INTERNET BRANDS, INC.
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1074
CLASSEN IMMUNOTHERAPIES, INC. v. SOMAXON PHARMACEUTICALS
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1405
SOFPOOL LLC v. KMART CORPORATION
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1466
SIEBEN v. US
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5091
ELLIS v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7139
BOYD v. LABOR
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3015
O'DONNELL v. MSPB
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3020
BOYD v. LABOR
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3022
DEAN v. MSPB
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3026
DUNCAN KITCHEN v. BOSTON WAREHOUSE
Date: January 16, 2014
Docket Number: 11-1321
TEMPUR-PEDIC MANAGEMENT, INC. v. FKA DISTRIBUTING CO.
Date: January 16, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1052
SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES, LLC v. MASABA, INC.
Date: January 16, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1302
DATCARD SYSTEMS, INC. v. PACSGEAR, INC.
Date: January 16, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1445
FADEN v. MSPB
Date: January 16, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3167
NESBARY v. TREASURY
Date: January 16, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3046
MONTGOMERY v. USPS
Date: January 16, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3049
FRITZ v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 16, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7031
UNITED STATES STEEL CORP. v. US
Date: January 15, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1695
Novartis AG v. Lee  
Date: January 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1160

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1999, Congress provided for extensions of patent terms to compensate for certain application-processing delays caused by the Patent and Trademark Office; 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(1) makes a “Guarantee of no more than 3-year…

EXELIXIS, INC. v. FOCARINO
Date: January 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1175
STAUFFER v. BROOKS BROTHERS, INC.
Date: January 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1180
PATENT HARBOR, LLC v. AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
Date: January 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1341
Mitchell v. Merit Sys. Protection Bd.  
Date: January 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3056

Justia Opinion Summary: Mitchell began working as a Social Security Administration lawyer in 1998. The Department of Justice appointed her as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in 2006, a one-year appointment during which she remained…

U.S. HOME CORPORATION v. US
Date: January 15, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5059
ANDERSON v. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
Date: January 15, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1117
HUNT v. OPM
Date: January 15, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3041
WESLEY v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 15, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7019
POWER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS v. ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
Date: January 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1455
HEMPHILL v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Date: January 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1503
WHITE v. MSPB
Date: January 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3146
ZULUETA v. US
Date: January 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5067
NICHOLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT v. US
Date: January 14, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5101
In re: Enhanced Sec. Research LLC  
Date: January 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1114

Justia Opinion Summary: ESR’s 236 patent, as amended, claims a computer security device and method for preventing unauthorized individuals from obtaining access to a local computer network. Its specification describes an “intelligent network…

NAZOMI COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. NOKIA CORPORATION
Date: January 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1165
Proveris Scientific Corp. v. Innovasystems, Inc.  
Date: January 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1166

Justia Opinion Summary: Proveris owns the 400 patent, for a mechanism to evaluate aerosol spray plumes. The apparatus evaluates delivery of drugs by inhalers or nasal sprays, by triggering a spray and collecting data on the plume with an…

In re: Giannelli  
Date: January 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1167

Justia Opinion Summary: Giannelli filed the 261 application, entitled “Rowing Machine,” in 2003, disclosing an exercise machine on which a user can perform a rowing motion against a selected resistance, to strengthen the back muscles. The…

LAGUERRA v. MSPB
Date: January 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3152
CRUZ v. OPM
Date: January 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3156
KELLY v. MSPB
Date: January 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3178
BLEVINS v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7089
ORENSHTEYN v. IBM
Date: January 13, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1082
MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC v. ITC
Date: January 10, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1666
Nazomi Commc'ns, Inc. v. Nokia Corp.  
Date: January 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1165

Justia Opinion Summary: The central processing unit (CPU) enables a computing device to execute instructions contained in software. For software to run on CPU, it must be compiled or translated from high-level programming language, written in a…

ANDREWS v. US
Date: January 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5113
PEREIRA v. US
Date: January 10, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5149
VASKO v. US
Date: January 10, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5014
AK STEEL CORPORATION v. US
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1136
STAUFFER v. BROOKS BROTHERS, INC.
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1180
INRE: AFFINITY LABS OF TEXAS
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1393
TRUFANT v. AIR FORCE
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3168
SPEED v. US
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5079
SLONE v. US
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5127
SLONE v. US
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5128
SWIFT v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7035
MCDONALD v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 13-7068
MCCURRY v. MSPB
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3040
HUNT v. OPM
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3041
THURMAN v. MSPB
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3045
TAKEUCHI v. MSPB
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3051
LACHIEWICZ v. MSPB
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3052
LINCOLN v. SHINSEKI
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 14-7038
CAUDLE v. DOJ
Date: January 9, 2014
Docket Number: 14-8001
Pacific Coast Marine v. Malibu Boats, LLC  
Date: January 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1199

Justia Opinion Summary: Pacific Coast applied for a design patent, claiming an “ornamental design of a marine windshield with a frame, a tapered corner post with vent holes and without said vent holes, and with a hatch and without said hatch.”…

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. RAMBUS INC.
Date: January 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1294
ICON INTERNET COMPETENCE v. TRAVELOCITY.COM LP
Date: January 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1295
GUTIER v. HUGO BOSS TRADE MARK MGMT
Date: January 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1481
ADELEKE v. DHS
Date: January 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3161
CAMPBELL v. MSPB
Date: January 8, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3166
ICON-IP PTY LTD. v. SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENT
Date: January 8, 2014
Docket Number: 14-1118
SHIPP v. HHS
Date: January 8, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3019
DEOCAMPO v. ARMY
Date: January 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-3090
Bell/Heery v. United States  
Date: January 7, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5002

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, the Federal Bureau of Prisons issued a Request for Proposals for the “design-build” construction of a federal correctional institution. The project involved a “cut-to-fill” site, meaning that the ground had to…

DEEM v. DHS
Date: January 7, 2014
Docket Number: 14-3037
HTC CORPORATION v. IPCOM GMBH & CO., KG
Date: January 6, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1659
MICROSOFT CORPORATION V. ITC
Date: January 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1445
Estes Express Lines v. United States  
Date: January 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5056

Justia Opinion Summary: Salem, under contract, coordinated Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) shipments around the country. Estes, a federal motor carrier, handled some shipments under its common carrier tariff, without a written contract.…

HOFFMAN v. US
Date: January 2, 2014
Docket Number: 13-5106
HIGGINS v. US
Date: January 2, 2014
Docket Number: 14-5025

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