2021 Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 501 - 738 of 738
Date: April 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1561
Justia Opinion Summary: Qualcomm sued Apple in the Southern District of California for infringing claims of two patents. Apple sought inter partes review. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held Apple did not prove that claims in the two…
Date: April 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1041
Justia Opinion Summary: Wi-LAN’s 654 patent concerns “methods to display interlaced video on [a] noninterlaced monitor” Interlaced video. Television sets use interlaced video formats to prevent a “flicker” effect that results from the…
Date: April 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1446
Justia Opinion Summary: The Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 151, requires the FCC to advance universal service. The FCC's Universal Service Fund (USF), administered by USAC, allows carriers that serve high-cost areas to recover reasonable costs…
Date: March 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1506
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Commerce initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation on imports of rebar from Turkey and issued questionnaires to the Turkish government and to Habas, the sole respondent, concerning benefits…
Date: March 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2319
Justia Opinion Summary: Vollono served on active duty in the Navy, 1996-1997 and 2001-2005. Vollono’s second stint was compulsory as a condition of his Naval Academy education. Vollono used chapter 30 Montgomery G.I. Bill educational benefits…
Date: March 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1288
Justia Opinion Summary: Stanford’s 2012 patent application is directed to computerized statistical methods for determining haplotype phase. A haplotype phase acts as an indication of the parent from whom a gene has been inherited. The written…
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1590
Justia Opinion Summary: The Greens opened a Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) account around 1980, with their daughter, Kimble, as a joint owner. Kimble directed UBS to maintain the account as a numbered account and to retain all correspondence…
Date: March 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1916
Justia Opinion Summary: The statutory presumption of soundness states: [E]very veteran shall be taken to have been in sound condition when examined, accepted, and enrolled for service, except as to defects, infirmities, or disorders noted at…
Date: March 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1622
Justia Opinion Summary: Pentagon Force Protection Agency officers filed claims for overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 207(a)(1). Officers worked 8.5-hour shifts, with two 35-minute breaks, and were compensated…
Date: March 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1367
Date: March 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1514
Justia Opinion Summary: The parties compete in the market for veterinary orthopedic implants. DePuy sued VOI, alleging patent infringement. The district court entered the parties’ joint proposed protective order, designating certain information…
Date: March 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1071
Justia Opinion Summary: Janssen sued Mylan for infringing claims in the 906 patent. Less than six months later, Mylan petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of that patent, raising four grounds for the unpatentability under 35 U.S.C. 103.…
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2345
Justia Opinion Summary: Santos’s affiliation with NASA started in 1997. In 2018, Santos, then a NASA mechanical engineer and a commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, was transferred to a new division, under the supervision of Balles, chief of the…
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1012
Justia Opinion Summary: Stanford’s 925 application is directed to methods and computing systems for determining haplotype phase--an indication of the parent from whom a gene has been inherited. Improved haplotype phasing techniques “promise[]…
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1226
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, severe storms hit Indiana. Columbus Hospital sustained significant damage. President Bush authorized FEMA assistance through disaster grants under the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206. The state agreed to be…
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1556
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1688
Justia Opinion Summary: Uniloc’s patent is directed to “a system and method for enabling local and global instant [Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)] messaging over an IP network.” Facebook filed two petitions for inter partes review (IPR) of…
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2032
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1992, Brenner joined the VA as an attorney. In 2015, he suffered an accident that resulted in the amputation of his lower leg. He missed approximately six months of work and was reassigned to the Collections National…
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1203
Justia Opinion Summary: Edgewell manufactures and sells Diaper Genie, a system comprising a pail for the collection of soiled diapers and a replaceable cassette that is placed inside the pail and forms a wrapper around the soiled diapers. The…
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1909
Justia Opinion Summary: Taylor Energy leased and operated Gulf of Mexico oil and gas properties, on the Outer Continental Shelf, offshore Louisiana. In 2004, Hurricane Ivan destroyed those operations, causing oil leaks. The Outer Continental…
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1518
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, Meidinger submitted whistleblower information to the IRS under 26 U.S.C. 7623, concerning “one million taxpayers in the healthcare industry that are involved in a kickback scheme.” The IRS acknowledged receipt…
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1806
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2261
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2017, the Department of Homeland Security issued the Solicitation as a Request for Proposal for a potentially multi-year contract for dorm management services at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco,…
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1412
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010, the Army granted Authentic a nonexclusive license to manufacture and sell clothing bearing the Army’s trademarks. The agreement required the Army’s advance written approval of any products and marketing…
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1072
Justia Opinion Summary: Euzebio served in the U.S. Navy, 1966-1969, including two tours of duty in Vietnam, where he was exposed to Agent Orange. In 2009, Euzebio began experiencing problems swallowing. In 2011, medical examinations and testing…
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1360
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1646
Justia Opinion Summary: Rain sued Samsung for infringement of claims of the 349 patent, which is directed to delivering software application packages to a client terminal in a network based on user demands. The claimed invention purports to…
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2418
Justia Opinion Summary: Bayer’s patent is directed to recombinant forms of human factor VIII (FVIII), a protein that is produced, and released into the bloodstream, by the liver. In Bayer’s suit, alleging that Baxalta’s biologic product…
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1493
Justia Opinion Summary: Dr. Arunachalam sued multiple defendants alleging patent infringement and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. 1962, violations. The case was assigned to Judge Andrews. Arunachalam added…
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1449
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, MC-2 was awarded Government Services Administration (GSA) task order to provide services for the annual GovEnergy Conference. MC-2 performed the Task Order in 2009, 2010, and 2011. GSA canceled the 2012…
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1139
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2013, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command installed copyrighted graphics-rendering software created by German company Bitmanagement onto all computers in the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet. No express contract or…
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1704
Justia Opinion Summary: SynQor’s 190 patent issued in 2006, as part of an extensive family of patents that disclose technology for DC-DC power converters used in large computer systems and data communication equipment to convert direct electric…
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1090
Justia Opinion Summary: Bean’s patent, issued in 2002, covers an auger-type poultry chiller. Days after the patent issued, Bean’s only domestic competition, Morris, wrote a demand letter, arguing that the patent was invalid and citing prior…
Date: February 18, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1927
Justia Opinion Summary: Melanoscan’s patent, titled “Apparatus for Total Immersion Photography,” relates to the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of skin cancer as well as other diseases and cosmetic conditions of the visible human. The…
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1096
Justia Opinion Summary: Giles served on active Army duty, 1976-1982. He first claimed a service-connected nervous condition with the VA in March 1984; he was diagnosed with a personality disorder. While his claim was pending, he reported for…
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1552
Date: February 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2196
Justia Opinion Summary: The Synchronoss patents describe a system for synchronizing data across multiple systems or devices connected via the Internet and a “method for transferring media data to a network coupled apparatus.” The system…
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1074
Justia Opinion Summary: Elevated LDL cholesterol is linked to heart disease. LDL receptors remove LDL cholesterol from the bloodstream; the PCSK9 enzyme regulates LDL receptor degradation. Amgen’s 165 and 741 patents describe antibodies that…
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1167
Justia Opinion Summary: Crocs's Design Patent 789, titled “Footwear,” has a single claim for the “ornamental design for footwear.” Crocs sued Dawgs for infringement, Dawgs sought inter partes reexamination (IPE) under 35 U.S.C. 311. The…
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2382
Justia Opinion Summary: Sharifi alleges the U.S. Army took his land when it built Combat Outpost Millet in Afghanistan in 2010. The government asserted that Sharifi’s Fifth Amendment complaint was “vague and ambiguous” because it did not…
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1189
Justia Opinion Summary: The Infinity patents share a specification and involve using a fax machine as a printer or scanner for a personal computer. The indefiniteness issues revolve around the connection between the fax machine and the…
Date: February 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1973
Justia Opinion Summary: Holmes began working for the USPS in 1989. An investigation revealed that another letter carrier, Baxter, was selling marijuana from Baxter’s postal truck. Surveillance video showed Holmes and other USPS employees…
Date: February 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1307
Justia Opinion Summary: Customer loyalty programs issue points that customers can redeem for goods and services. Maritz’s patent relates to a system and method for permitting a customer to redeem loyalty points without human intervention. A…
Date: February 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1833
Justia Opinion Summary: Dr. Chudik applied to the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for a patent on his “Guide for Shoulder Surgery” in 2006. The PTO examiner issued a second rejection in 2010. Rather than taking an appeal to the Patent Trial…
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1260
Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals' decision denying P.K. Management's claim that it should receive individual payments for inspections of Custodial properties under a contract with the…
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1924
Justia Opinion Summary: The Army Corps of Engineers issued a request for proposals. NIKA bid but was not awarded a contract. NIKA made a timely request for debriefing. The Corps sent NIKA a written debriefing and alerted NIKA of the right to…
Date: February 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1160
Justia Opinion Summary: The patent at issue is directed to an efficient method for compressing video files; its claims generally concern “a method of decoding a moving picture in inter prediction mode,” in which “one or more reference pictures…
Date: January 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1478
Justia Opinion Summary: Importation of diamond sawblades from China is governed by an antidumping duty order, 19 U.S.C. 1673. In an administrative review of duties owed on subject merchandise sold to unaffiliated U.S. purchasers in 2014-2015,…
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2124
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2126
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2127
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1266
Justia Opinion Summary: Mouton-Miller worked for the Postal Service as an Audit Manager. Her position was classified as GG-0511-14, step 8, with a salary of $128,081. In 2017, Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General hired…
Date: January 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1175
Justia Opinion Summary: The VA sought to procure cable gun locks with information about its suicide prevention line imprinted on the lock body, on a label attached to the cable, and an accompanying wallet card. VA submitted a requisition form…
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2404
Justia Opinion Summary: James-Cornelius sought compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that her 17-year-old son, E.J., had suffered dysautonomia, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), and other…
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1304
Justia Opinion Summary: QuikTrip and Weigel operate gasoline-convenience stores. QuikTrip has sold food and beverages in its stores under the registered mark QT KITCHENS since 2011. In 2014, Weigel began using the stylized mark W KITCHENS.…
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2051
Justia Opinion Summary: In separate district court proceedings, several plaintiffs sued ABS and others for infringement of claims of six patents, including Cytonome’s 161 patent. Four months later, ABS sought inter partes review (IPR) of the…
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2411
Justia Opinion Summary: SIMO’s patent deals with roaming charges on cellular networks and describes apparatuses and methods that allow individuals to reduce roaming charges on cellular networks when traveling outside their home territory. SIMO…
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1947
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2287
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