2017 Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 501 - 804 of 804
Date: May 1, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1284
Justia Opinion Summary: The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act did not change the statutory meaning of “on sale” under 35 U.S.C. 102, in a case involving patents that were ready for patenting and subject to an invalidating contract for sale prior…
Date: May 1, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2304
Justia Opinion Summary: Comments that the Court of Federal Claims made during a hearing, before the government’s corrective action materially altered the relationship between the parties, were not sufficient to qualify the contractor as a…
Date: April 28, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1499
Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed judgment on the pleadings, finding claims in RecogniCorp’s 303 Patent, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Encoding/Decoding Image Data,” patent-ineligible. The patent teaches a method and…
Date: April 28, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1585
Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s refusal to enter a permanent injunction against Everlight after finding that Everlight had infringed three of Nichia’s patents and that the patents were not invalid. The…
Date: April 28, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1732
Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed dismissal of a claim against the U.S. government, finding that the government had no contractual obligation to reimburse plaintiff’s pension withdrawal liability costs, incurred under the…
Date: April 28, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2158
Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of the United States in Northwest Title Agency’s (NWTA) suit based on contracts, under which NWTA provided closing services for homes owned by the Department of…
Date: April 27, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1959
Justia Opinion Summary: 8x8 provides telephone services via Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Customers use a digital terminal adapter, containing 8x8’s proprietary firmware and software. Customers’ calls are switched to traditional lines…
Date: April 26, 2017
Docket Number: 15-7092
Justia Opinion Summary: Monk served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. In 2012, Monk sought VA disability benefits, alleging service-connected PTSD, diabetes, hypertension, and strokes. The VA denied the claim, finding that his…
Date: April 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1940
Justia Opinion Summary: The 2013 Department of Defense (DOD) budget was cut by $37 billion halfway through Fiscal Year 2013. The Secretary of Defense directed DOD managers to prepare to furlough most civilian employees for up to 11 workdays,…
Date: April 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1992
Date: April 21, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1002
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Fairchild charged Power Integrations with infringement of patents, including the 972 patent. The jury rejected an argument that the 972 patent claims were invalid under 35 U.S.C. 103 in view of prior art and…
Date: April 18, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1242
Justia Opinion Summary: Banks was hired by the VA in July 2015. Her appointment was in the excepted service and was subject to a one-year probationary period. In March 2016, the VA notified Banks that it planned to terminate her due to…
Date: April 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1729
Justia Opinion Summary: Rembrandt sued for infringement of two patents that share a specification and claim priority to a provisional application filed in 1997, describing “a system and method of communication in which multiple modulation…
Date: April 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1982
Justia Opinion Summary: IntegraSpec’s 933 Patent originally issued in 1995 and underwent ex parte reexaminations before the Patent & Trademark Office in 2010 and 2014. The patent is directed to ICFs, which are expanded polystyrene foam blocks…
Date: April 14, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2037
Justia Opinion Summary: Core’s 143 patent recites a mobile station, such as a mobile telephone, that is connected to a cellular system or network. It is directed to means for sending packet data from the mobile station to the network using a…
Date: April 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1352
Justia Opinion Summary: Navartis’s 283 patent relates to a solid pharmaceutical composition suitable for oral administration, comprising a sphingosine-1 phosphate (S1P) receptor agonist and a sugar alcohol, which the patent explains is useful…
Date: April 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2163
Date: April 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2501
Justia Opinion Summary: Diaz submitted an unsolicited proposal to the U.S. Department of the Navy’s Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD) pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 15.6. An IHEODTD…
Date: April 7, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1365
Justia Opinion Summary: During Mayberry’s tenure as a civilian employee with the FBI, he elected Becker to receive survivor benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System upon his death. They were married for less than nine months and…
Date: April 6, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1113
Justia Opinion Summary: Bivalirudin is a synthetic peptide used to prevent blood clotting in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Bivalirudin’s pharmacological properties were known before the filing of Medicines’ 727 and 343 patents…
Date: April 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2078
Justia Opinion Summary: Wasica’s (now-expired) 524 patent describes systems for monitoring tire pressure in vehicles. The patent addresses problems with inaccuracy in prior art by synchronizing components of the tire pressure system. In two…
Date: April 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1265
Justia Opinion Summary: The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), a sub-agency of the Defense Logistics Agency, issued a solicitation for an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity commercial item contract to provide food and non-food…
Date: April 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1678
Justia Opinion Summary: The Novartis Patents-in-Suit belong to the same patent family, entitled “TTS Containing an Antioxidant,” and disclose a “[p]harmaceutical composition comprising” a compound commonly known as rivastigmine “in free base or…
Date: March 28, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1730
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, Meridian asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to issue a scope ruling that certain aluminum trim kit packages did not fall within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders (19 U.S.C.…
Date: March 27, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1519
Date: March 27, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1817
Justia Opinion Summary: The 631 application, entitled “Glenoid Implant for Minimally Invasive Shoulder Replacement Surgery,” describes an invention related to “rotator cuff sparing procedures and associated devices for shoulder replacement…
Date: March 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1336
Justia Opinion Summary: The Tuschl patents relate to RNA interference, a process for “silencing” genes from expressing the proteins they encode, which may be useful in treating various diseases. In 2000, before the invention was reduced to…
Date: March 21, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1562
Justia Opinion Summary: TVIIM’s 168 patent, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Assessing the Security of a Computer,” describes “a security system which identifies security vulnerabilities and discrepancies for a computing system.” The patent…
Date: March 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1078
Justia Opinion Summary: Boyd worked for the Postal Service, 1985-2010. In 2011, she sought disability retirement benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved her application,…
Date: March 17, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1854
Justia Opinion Summary: The patents-in-suit relate to soybeans genetically engineered to tolerate herbicide, and, particularly, to the Bayer-developed dmmg gene. The parties disagreed over the scope of Bayer’s license of the patents to MS Tech,…
Date: March 17, 2017
Docket Number: 15-5084
Justia Opinion Summary: In the 1980s, Simonson began exploring for deposits of pumicite, a porous volcanic rock, which he thought had potential commercial applications. Simonson found high quality pumicite in Kern County and located 23 mining…
Date: March 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2022
Date: March 16, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1470
Justia Opinion Summary: The patents involves simulation/emulation technology. In 1998, Mentor filed the application that would become the 376 patent. The inventors, Mentor employees, assigned the invention to Mentor; they subsequently left…
Date: March 14, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1718
Justia Opinion Summary: Non-Russian investors could not invest directly in Russian sovereign debt but could invest in derivative credit-linked notes (CLNs), sold by banks. When Russia defaulted on its sovereign debt in 1998, CLNs lost nearly…
Date: March 14, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1900
Justia Opinion Summary: Nidec's patent discloses a system for controlling the torque of an electromagnetic motor. Following an inter partes review, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found that claim 21 was anticipated. The Federal Circuit…
Date: March 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1450
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2014, the Board of Veterans Appeals denied Parrott’s claims for benefits on account of her veteran husband’s esophageal adenocarcinoma, with liver and peritoneal metastasis, and his ensuing death. The Veterans Court…
Date: March 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1943
Date: March 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1748
Date: March 9, 2017
Docket Number: 15-5149
Justia Opinion Summary: Before October 2012, Army emergency medical technicians and paramedics serving at Fort Stewart, Liberty, Georgia (EMTs) were generally scheduled for a compressed schedule consisting of 24 hours on-duty followed by 48…
Date: March 8, 2017
Docket Number: 15-5150
Justia Opinion Summary: TVI’s patent discloses an inertial tracking system for tracking the motion of an object relative to a moving reference frame. Inertial sensors, such as accelerometers and gyroscopes, measure specific forces associated…
Date: March 7, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1992
Justia Opinion Summary: Comcast sued Sprint for infringement of the Low Patents, which are in the same patent family and are generally directed to methods of using Domain Name System (DNS) technology, such as the Internet, to initiate and route…
Date: March 7, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1077
Justia Opinion Summary: IV sued Capital One, alleging infringement of three patents. Capital One asserted antitrust counterclaims against IV under the Sherman Act and moved for summary judgment on IV’s infringement claims, arguing that the 081…
Date: March 7, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1128
Justia Opinion Summary: IV sued insurance companies, alleging infringement of three patents. The insurers moved to dismiss IV’s 581 patent infringement claims for lack of standing and argued that all three patents were directed to ineligible…
Date: March 7, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1755
Justia Opinion Summary: Meiresonne is the sole inventor of the 096 patent, titled “Supplier Identification and Locator System and Method,” disclosing a “system whereby a user can identify a supplier of goods or services over the Internet.” It…
Date: March 6, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1456
Justia Opinion Summary: Prism’s patents describe methods and systems for managing access to protected information provided over certain “untrusted” networks. The technology involves an access server, an authentication server, and a client. …
Date: March 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1306
Justia Opinion Summary: The 336 patent discloses a microprocessor with two independent clocks—a variable frequency system clock connected to the central processing unit (CPU) and a fixed-frequency clock connected to the input/output (I/O)…
Date: February 28, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1518
Justia Opinion Summary: LAB’s 903 patent claims a method of “arresting or regressing” penile fibrosis, which can result in erectile dysfunction and penile deformation, by the long-term, daily administration of type 5 phosphodiesterase (PDE5)…
Date: February 28, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1547
Justia Opinion Summary: LAB’s 903 patent claims a method of “arresting or regressing” penile fibrosis, which can result in erectile dysfunction and penile deformation, by the long-term, daily administration of type 5 phosphodiesterase (PDE5)…
Date: February 27, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1475
Justia Opinion Summary: Strava sought inter partes reexamination of several claims of Icon’s 800 patent, entitled “Methods and Systems for Controlling an Exercise Apparatus Using a USB Compatible Portable Remote Device,” and disclosing “[a]…
Date: February 21, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1353
Justia Opinion Summary: The Axcess patent, entitled “System and Method for Authenticating a Web Page,” relates to "systems and methods for authenticating a web page.” The Patent Trial and Appeal Board determined that it was a covered business…
Date: February 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1188
Date: February 16, 2017
Docket Number: 15-3039
Justia Opinion Summary: Fedora began working for the Postal Service in 1980 and retired in 2012, then filed an appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board alleging that his retirement was involuntary and amounted to constructive discharge.…
Date: February 16, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2433
Justia Opinion Summary: Scag, which manufactures commercial riding lawnmowers, developed a suspended operator platform for a ride-on lawnmower or other riding light utility vehicle connected to a rigid chassis by a suspension system. The…
Date: February 15, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1774
Justia Opinion Summary: Organik and Dow both manufacture opaque polymers, hollow spheres used as additives to increase paint’s opacity. Dow has maintained its worldwide market-leader position through a combination of patent and trade-secret…
Date: February 15, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1899
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010, the Department of Commerce initiated an antidumping-duty investigation of multilayered wood flooring from China (19 U.S.C. 1673a(b)) and sent questionnaires to Chinese exporters and producers, selecting the…
Date: February 15, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1919
Justia Opinion Summary: Xilinx a Delaware corporation headquartered in California, develops and markets programmable logic devices for electronics systems. Papst, organized and having its principal place of business in Germany, is a…
Date: February 14, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1174
Justia Opinion Summary: Personal Web’s patent describes and claims methods (or devices for carrying out methods) of locating data and controlling access by giving a data file a substantially unique “True Name” that depends on its content. The…
Date: February 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1127
Justia Opinion Summary: Chengde is a Chinese producer of oil country tubular goods (OCTG), steel tubing products used in oil and gas drilling, and ATP is the importer of record during the relevant period. In 2011, the Department of Commerce…
Date: February 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1204
Date: February 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1243
Justia Opinion Summary: MPHJ’s 173 Patent, entitled “Distributed Computer Architecture and Process for Document Management,” describes a system and method that “extends the notion of copying from a process that involves paper going through a…
Date: February 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1785
Justia Opinion Summary: Shire sued Watson for infringing the 720 patent by filing an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the FDA seeking to market a generic version of Shire’s drug, LIALDA®. The patent is directed to a…
Date: February 6, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1068
Justia Opinion Summary: Within the Department of Defense, DRMS disposes of surplus military property at Defense Reutilization and Marketing Offices (DRMOs). Property that cannot be reutilized is demilitarized and/or reduced to scrap that can be…
Date: January 27, 2017
Docket Number: 15-5148
Justia Opinion Summary: Utah Trooper Swenson attempted to stop a car near the Uncompahgre Ute Reservation. The car entered the reservation. About 25 miles later, it stopped. Kurip, age 17, and Murray emerged and ran. Swenson caught Kurip and…
Date: January 27, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1426
Justia Opinion Summary: A 2011 petition alleged that imports of steel nails from the United Arab Emirates were being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The Department of Commerce initiated an antidumping investigation, determined that…
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1155
Justia Opinion Summary: Cumberland Pharmaceuticals owns the 445 patent, which describes acetylcysteine compositions substantially free of chelating agents. It is listed in the Food and Drug Administration’s Approved Drug Products with…
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1470
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1406
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1314
Justia Opinion Summary: Kays served in the Navy, 1972-1976. In 2005, he sought benefits for disability caused by PTSD, allegedly caused by two non-combat stressors during his service. He was stabbed during a fight as he left an Enlisted Men’s…
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2713
Date: January 24, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1410
Justia Opinion Summary: Tinnus, which produces a toy for filling water balloons, sued Telebrands for infringement of Tinnus’s 066 patent, which relates to a system for simultaneously filling multiple containers (such as balloons) with fluid.…
Date: January 18, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1944
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1512
Justia Opinion Summary: Kennedy enrolled at George Washington University (GWU) in 2003. He obtained a Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship in 2005, agreeing to complete Officer Candidate School (OCS), a requirement which is…
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2067
Justia Opinion Summary: Eli Lilly’s 209 patent, issued in 2010, relates to methods of administering the chemotherapy drug pemetrexed disodium after pretreatment with common vitamins—folic acid and vitamin B12. Pemetrexed is an antifolate that…
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2220
Justia Opinion Summary: The Budget Control Act of 2011 established spending limits for federal agencies and required automatic spending cuts (sequestration) if certain deficit reduction legislation was not enacted. The American Taxpayer Relief…
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1989
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1521
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2076
Justia Opinion Summary: Schlumberger, an oil well services provider, imported bauxite proppants from China for use in providing hydraulic fracturing services to U.S. customers. The subject merchandise, when combined with other materials after…
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1448
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1544
Justia Opinion Summary: The 856 patent generally relates to “huMab4D5 ANTI-ErbB2 antibody-maytansinoid conjugates.” The claimed methods of treatment purport to combat a variety of cancers. ImmunoGen provided Genentech with a “worldwide…
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1676
Justia Opinion Summary: Walker filed suit in December 2012, alleging patent infringement. In May 2014, Walker and HSN, both represented by counsel, entered into a Mediated Settlement Agreement, requiring that HSN pay Walker $200,000; Walker…
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1449
Justia Opinion Summary: Sonix’s patent describes a system and method for using a “graphical indicator” (matrix of small dots) to encode information on an object’s surface. It includes an “optical device” that can read the graphical indicator…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1329
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1696
Justia Opinion Summary: Ethicon’s 844 patent relates to intraluminal medical devices for the local delivery of drugs, e.g., drug-eluting stents, and methods for maintaining drugs on those devices. Angioplasty can be used to alleviate blockages…
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1975
Justia Opinion Summary: The 470 application is directed to a touchscreen interface in a portable electronic device that allows a user to rearrange icons. The claims at issue recite the initiation of an “interface reconfiguration mode” to…
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 15-5097
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003, following a physical examination, Contreras, 13 years old, received the Tetanus-Diphtheria and Hepatitis B vaccines. About 24 hours later, he was diagnosed with atypical Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a…
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