2022 Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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E&I GLOBAL ENERGY SERVICES, INC. v. US
Date: December 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1472
In Re XILINX, INC.
Date: December 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1845
ASTELLAS US LLC v. HOSPIRA, INC.
Date: December 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1878
COLLIER v. PRESIDENT OF STANFORD
Date: December 30, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1185
Modern Font Applications LLC v. Alaska Airlines Inc.  
Date: December 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1838

Justia Opinion Summary: The District of Utah uses a “Standard Protective Order.” Pursuant to that order, Alaska designated certain source code files as “CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” which precluded MFA’s in-house counsel…

KHAN v. MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: December 29, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1054
SEARCY v. OPM
Date: December 29, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1211
CARMAZZI GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC. v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Date: December 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2035
CARMAZZI GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC. v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Date: December 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1231
BORUSAN MANNESMANN BORU SANAYI VE TICARET A.S. v. US
Date: December 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2097
LOPEZ v. US
Date: December 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2244
NIAZI LICENSING CORPORATION v. ST. JUDE MEDICAL S.C., INC.
Date: December 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2271
REMILIEN v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1931
KLEFSTAD v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1985
EVERETTE v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2123
BASEY v. US
Date: December 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2228
SCHAEFFER v. US
Date: December 23, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2144
CANEY v. TREASURY
Date: December 23, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2162
WEPAY GLOBAL PAYMENTS LLC v. PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Date: December 23, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2268
MACLEAN v. MSPB
Date: December 23, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1000
Genentech, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc.  
Date: December 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1595

Justia Opinion Summary: Pirfenidone is a drug used to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic, irreversible lung disease. There is no cure for IPF. Patients living with the disease face an average survival of two-five years. The…

OBOT v. DEFENSE
Date: December 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2195
THURMAN v. USPS
Date: December 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2196
HIGH 5 GAMES, LLC v. VIDAL
Date: December 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1024
Hanser v. McDonough  
Date: December 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1974

Justia Opinion Summary: Hanser served in the Army from 1979-1999. In 2012, he was assigned 20% service-connected disability ratings, effective July 2011, for his left leg radiculopathy and his bilateral arm radiculopathy. In 2014 and 2015,…

ARIUS TWO, INC. v. ALVOGEN PB RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LLC
Date: December 21, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1394
JOLLY v. EXCELSIOR COLLEGE
Date: December 21, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2229
US v. CROFT
Date: December 21, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1200
Mosaic Brands, Inc. v. Ridge Wallet LLC  
Date: December 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1001

Justia Opinion Summary: Mosaic manufactures a money-clip wallet called the Smart Money Clip II (SMCII). Ridge makes the Ridge Wallet, which is nearly identical to the SMCII. Each company accused the other of patent infringement. Mosaic also…

FALL LINE PATENTS, LLC v. UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC
Date: December 19, 2022
Docket Number: 19-1956
Cranford v. McDonough  
Date: December 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1973

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2011, Cranford, on active duty in the Army, was charged with possessing and using Spice, an unregulated intoxicant, in violation of a lawful general order. Captain Lease recommended that Cranford be tried by general…

Plastipak Packaging, Inc v. Premium Waters, Inc.  
Date: December 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2244

Justia Opinion Summary: Plastipak’s patents, each entitled “Lightweight Plastic Container and Preform” claim priority to U.S. Application 11/749,501, filed in 2007, which was a continuation-in-part of Application 11/368,860, filed in 2006. Each…

REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC. v. ITC
Date: December 19, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1796
DiMasi v. Secretary of Health & Human Services  
Date: December 19, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1854

Justia Opinion Summary: DiMasi, then a 47-year-old nurse-practitioner student, received an influenza vaccine on December 4, 2012. She was admitted to the hospital on December 5, 2012, released the next day, and then readmitted on December 8.…

OCADO GROUP PLC v. AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY AS
Date: December 19, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2161
MASTEROBJECTS, INC. v. AMAZON.COM, INC.
Date: December 19, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1066
ADASA, Inc. v. Avery Dennison Corp.  
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1092

Justia Opinion Summary: ADASA’s patent relates to methods and systems for commissioning radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders (RFID tags), which are used, like barcodes, to identify and track objects by encoding data electronically…

RUDISILL v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1637
PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. WEBER, INC.
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1851
SILVA v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1976
UNILOC 2017 LLC. v. NETFLIX, INC.
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2085
P TECH, LLC v. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1102
In Re AMAZON.COM, INC.
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-157
RUDOMETKIN v. US
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1701
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. v. XILINX, INC.
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2112
ALLEN v. WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE BANK, N.A.
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2188
LOPEZ v. US
Date: December 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1426
ALTERNATIVE PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS CORP. v. GRIMES
Date: December 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2165
SHIBUMI SHADE, INC. v. BEACH SHADE LLC
Date: December 14, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1051
TRIS PHARMA, INC. v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Date: December 14, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1158
USADATA INCORPORATED v. DATAWIDGET LLC
Date: December 13, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1326
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. v. XILINX, INC.
Date: December 13, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1987
DELACRUZ v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 13, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2116
SANFORD v. FRANKLIN, VA
Date: December 13, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1028
FINJAN, LLC v. JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Date: December 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2253
In Re UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Date: December 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2269
SWIFT & STALEY, INC. v. US
Date: December 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1601
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. v. XILINX ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.
Date: December 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1818
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. v. XILINX ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.
Date: December 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1819
EL MALIK v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1982
WEBB v. GARLAND
Date: December 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2065
PODLUCKY v. US
Date: December 9, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1043
NORTH STAR INNOVATIONS, INC. v. MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC.
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1298
Obsidian Solutions Group, LLC v. United States  
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1836

Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a solicitation for Technical Security, Communications Security, Cyber, Analysis, and Security Administration, designated as a small business set-aside. The size limit for interested…

Google, LLC v. Hammond Development International, Inc.  
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2218

Justia Opinion Summary: Google previously petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of Hammond’s 483 patent, which is related to and shares the same specification as the 816 patent, disclosing a communication system that allows a communication…

PARRISH v. HHS
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1170
MICHAEL JOHNSON LOGGING v. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1210
In Re BODO
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1244
ORAM v. MSPB
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1545
WICKRAMARATNA v. US
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1786
EL MALIK v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1982
JORDAN v. MSPB
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1986
In Re NIMITZ TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 23-103
POLARIS INNOVATIONS LIMITED v. US
Date: December 7, 2022
Docket Number: 18-1831
In Re ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
Date: December 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1137
PHILIPPEAUX v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2131
PHILIPPEAUX v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2177
BLIX INC. v. APPLE INC.
Date: December 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2203
DISH NETWORK L.L.C. v. SOUND VIEW INNOVATIONS, LLC
Date: December 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1558
GRONER v. MCDONOUGH
Date: December 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1928
Supreme Foodservice GmbH v. Director of the Defense Logistics Agency  
Date: December 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1965

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) awarded Supreme a contract to provide food to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. During negotiations concerning deliveries to forward operating bases, Supreme submitted inflated cost…

Edenfield v. Department of Veterans Affairs  
Date: December 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2001

Justia Opinion Summary: Dr. Edenfield is a VAMC anesthesiologist. VAMC physicians had obtained informed consent for endoscopic procedures on the day of the procedure. A 2016 policy allowed mid-level practitioners (nurse practitioners, physician…

Gudinas v. McDonough  
Date: December 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2171

Justia Opinion Summary: Gudinas served in the Army, 1966-1968. In 2005, the VA determined that Gudinas suffered from service-connected PTSD and awarded him a 50 percent disability rating plus a 10 percent disability rating for service-connected…

PELOTON INTERACTIVE, INC. v. ECHELON FITNESS MULTIMEDIA, LLC
Date: December 2, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1586
In Re SWIRLATE IP LLC
Date: December 2, 2022
Docket Number: 23-107
MAY v. US
Date: December 2, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1124
TREEHOUSE AVATAR LLC v. VALVE CORPORATION
Date: December 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1171
In Re ALLEN
Date: December 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2023
In Re NSIXTY, LLC
Date: December 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2178
SUTTON v. OPM
Date: December 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2231
Avalos v. United States  
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2008

Justia Opinion Summary: From December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019, the federal government partially shut down because of a lapse in appropriations. Plaintiffs continued to work as “excepted employees” who work on “emergencies involving the…

Abrantes v. United States  
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2021

Justia Opinion Summary: From December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019, the government partially shut down because of a lapse in appropriations. Border Patrol Agents continued to work as “excepted employees” who work on “emergencies involving the…

GRISSOM v. DVA
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2124
MARTIN v. US
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2255
Treehouse Avatar LLC v. Valve Corp.  
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1171

Justia Opinion Summary: Treehouse sued Valve for infringement of its patent, which discloses a method of collecting data from an information network in response to user choices of a plurality of users navigating character-enabled network sites…

In Re COOLIT SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1221
VANGUARD BUSINESS SOLUTIONS v. SECRETARY OF STATE
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1281
GRISSOM v. MSPB
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1332
XILINX, INC. v. ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1774
Bridges v. United States  
Date: November 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1140

Justia Opinion Summary: Correctional officers at the Michigan federal prison typically work eight-hour shifts. Prison shifts are scheduled in advance; hospital shifts are scheduled differently because they arise only when an inmate is…

ASTRAZENECA AB v. ZYDUS PHARMACEUTICALS (USA) INC.
Date: November 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2167
CHIESI USA, INC. v. AUROBINDO PHARMA USA, INC.
Date: November 29, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1171
US INVENTOR, INC. v. VIDAL
Date: November 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2212
IN RE: ASETEK DANMARK A/S
Date: November 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1049
XILINX, INC. v. ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
Date: November 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1798
LOWE v. SHIELDMARK, INC.
Date: November 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2273
HITACHI ENERGY USA INC. v. US
Date: November 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2114
BEXAR COUNTY v. MARTIN
Date: November 23, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2211
XILINX, INC. v. ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
Date: November 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1597
In Re SOUND VIEW INNOVATIONS, LLC
Date: November 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-161
In Re KNAUF INSULATION, INC.
Date: November 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-166
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. v. XILINX, INC.
Date: November 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1820
VIRENTEM VENTURES, LLC v. GOOGLE LLC
Date: November 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1764
VIRENTEM VENTURES, LLC v. GOOGLE LLC
Date: November 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1805
VIRENTEM VENTURES, LLC v. GOOGLE LLC
Date: November 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1934
INTELLIGENT INVESTMENTS, INC. v. US
Date: November 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2310
In Re COLLIER
Date: November 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-165
In Re CLOUDFLARE, INC.
Date: November 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-167
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION v. LIQUIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: November 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2133
Rhone v. McDonough  
Date: November 17, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1360

Justia Opinion Summary: Rhone served in the military 1950-1953 and 1959-1988. In 1986, Rhone and JoAnne, divorced; the Florida Divorce Decree stated that JoAnne would receive 40% of Rhone’s military retirement benefits. In 1988, Rhone left…

DELGADO v. DOJ
Date: November 17, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1988
SCHAEFFER v. US
Date: November 17, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2144
CUPP Computing AS v. Trend Micro Inc.  
Date: November 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2262

Justia Opinion Summary: CUPP’s patents share a common name and priority date and address the problem of malicious attacks aimed at mobile devices. They generally concern systems and methods for waking a mobile device from a power-saving mode…

BLAZER v. BEST BEE BROTHERS LLC
Date: November 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1033
HUDSON FURNITURE, INC. v. MIZRAHI
Date: November 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1290
VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corp.  
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1826

Justia Opinion Summary: VLSI sued Intel for infringing a patent, directed to “[a] technique for alleviating the problems of defects caused by stress applied to bond pads” of an integrated circuit. The district court construed the term “force…

PHARMACYCLICS LLC v. ALVOGEN, INC.
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2270
DURR v. MSPB
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1072
GOODNOW v. US
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1841
BENNETT v. COMMERCE
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2004
JONES-BEY v. CHEN
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2019
American National Manufacturing Inc. v. Sleep Number Corp.  
Date: November 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1321

Justia Opinion Summary: Sleep Number’s patents describe systems and methods that purport to adjust the pressure in an air mattress “in less time and with greater accuracy” than previously known.” In inter partes reviews (IPR), the Patent Trial…

ALTERWAN, INC. v. UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC
Date: November 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1029
TORREZ v. MCDONOUGH
Date: November 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1909
HASTINGS v. US
Date: November 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2073
In Re APPLE INC.
Date: November 14, 2022
Docket Number: 23-100
AMP PLUS, INC. v. DMF, INC.
Date: November 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1595
CORDARO v. DEFENSE
Date: November 10, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2247
McIntosh v. Department of Defense  
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2454

Justia Opinion Summary: McIntosh, employed by the Department of Defense, was responsible for approving travel expenses for government contracts. McIntosh, on several occasions refused to approve invoices and refused to provide contract…

KUTT v. APPLE INC.
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1757
MOGHADAM v. DVA
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2221
SoClean, Inc. v. Sunset Healthcare Solutions, Inc.  
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2311

Justia Opinion Summary: SoClean, a medical-device company that produces sanitizing devices for CPAP machines, owns the 195 registration for the configuration of replacement filters for its sanitizing devices. SoClean sued its former…

SANDERS v. MCDONOUGH
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1252
HARTMAN v. US
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1955
MELTON v. MSPB
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1993
ASPEN CONSULTING, LLC v. SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2060
RODRIGUEZ v. MCDONOUGH
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2081
SIG SAUER INC. v. NST GLOBAL, LLC
Date: November 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2241
CRUMLEY v. US
Date: November 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1232
In Re: Apple Inc.  
Date: November 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-162

Justia Opinion Summary: Aire sued Apple for patent infringement in the Western District of Texas in October 2021. In April 2022, Apple moved for transfer to the Northern District of California. Apple submitted a declaration from an Apple…

In Re APPLE INC.
Date: November 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-163
In Re APPLE INC.
Date: November 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-164
CAMPBELL v. MCDONOUGH
Date: November 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1802
OTTAH v. BRACEWELL LLP
Date: November 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1876
NORRIS v. COMMERCE
Date: November 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2142
In Re ONE LOVE BREWERY, LLC
Date: November 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2327
MIDWEST ATHLETICS AND SPORTS ALLIANCE LLC v. RICOH USA, INC.
Date: November 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2340
JACKSON v. MCDONOUGH
Date: November 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1314
CALIFORRNIAA v. VIDAL
Date: November 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1640
AMC MULTI-CINEMA, INC. v. FALL LINE PATENTS, LLC
Date: November 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2057
Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Google LLC  
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1498

Justia Opinion Summary: Uniloc brought multiple infringement suits against Google concerning patents directed to innovations in multimedia content delivery, IT security, high-resolution imaging, network connectivity, video conferencing, and…

Uniloc USA, INC. v. Motorola Mobility, LLC  
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1555

Justia Opinion Summary: Uniloc sued Motorola for infringement of a patent that concerns pairing a telephone with another device and using the other device to make a telephone call using the telephone’s cellular capabilities. Motorola alleged…

BRUMFIELD v. IBG LLC
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1630
OGBURN v. MCDONOUGH
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1888
LENTZ v. INTERIOR
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2007
LENTZ v. INTERIOR
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2009
SIGNATURE SYSTEMS, LLC v. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
Date: November 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1319
CALAPRISTI v. US
Date: November 3, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1080
MCCORMICK v. MCDONOUGH
Date: November 3, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1752
FUTURE LINK SYSTEMS, LLC v. REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Date: November 3, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1879
In Re BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: November 3, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1948
In Re YU
Date: November 2, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1211
PRECISION SPINE, INC. v. RSB SPINE, LLC
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2091
PRECISION SPINE, INC. v. RSB SPINE, LLC
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2092
Finjan, Inc.. v. ESET, LLC  
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2093

Justia Opinion Summary: Finjan sued ESET for infringement. The four asserted (expired) patents are part of a family of patents directed to systems and methods for detecting computer viruses in a “Downloadable” through a security profile.…

DJI EUROPE B.V. v. DAEDALUS BLUE LLC
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1608
LINQUET TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. TILE, INC.
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2150
WILLIAMS v. DEFENSE
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2246
WILLIAMS v. NAVY
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: 23-1010
BIOGEN INTERNATIONAL GMBH v. AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
Date: October 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1078
DOE v. BIDEN
Date: October 31, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1197
DAEDALUS BLUE LLC v. DJI EUROPE B.V.
Date: October 31, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1685
ABC CORPORATION I v. PARTNERSHIP AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
Date: October 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2150
ABC Corp. I v. Partnership & Unincorporated Associations  
Date: October 28, 2022
Docket Numbers: 22-1071, 21-2150

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs own four design patents on hoverboards and sued the appellants claiming that products sold by the appellants infringed the plaintiffs’ patents. The plaintiffs obtained a temporary restraining order,…

KAETZ v. US
Date: October 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1812
RUST-OLEUM CORPORATION v. VIDAL
Date: October 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2238
MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC. v. BIOGEN MA INC.
Date: October 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1673
TREND MICRO INC. v. CUPP COMPUTING AS
Date: October 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2237
FRICK v. MCDONOUGH
Date: October 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2278
KIMMEL v. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: October 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1754
ASKAN v. FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: October 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2117
TUCKER v. TRANS UNION LLC
Date: October 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2145
KAOTICA IP CORP. v. ICONIC MARS CORPORATION
Date: October 21, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1816
LOPEZ v. US
Date: October 21, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2137
MICROSOFT CORPORATION v. UNILOC 2017 LLC
Date: October 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2039
KOSS CORPORATION v. VIDAL
Date: October 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2089
In Re FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
Date: October 19, 2022
Docket Number: 22-156
SYSMEX CORPORATION v. BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Date: October 19, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1715
NIXON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
Date: October 19, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2183
TRAEGER PELLET GRILLS LLC v. ITC
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1312
BEY v. ANTOINE
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1965
LOPEZ v. US
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2096
LEMON v. OPM
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2200
NATURE SIMULATION SYSTEMS INC. v. AUTODESK, INC.
Date: October 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2257
RUCKER v. MCDONOUGH
Date: October 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2237
International Business Machines Corp. v. Zillow Group, Inc  
Date: October 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2350

Justia Opinion Summary: IBM sued Zillow for infringement of several patents related to graphical display technology. A user of the system draws a shape on a map to select that area of the map, and the claimed system then filters and displays…

THORNTON v. MCDONOUGH
Date: October 17, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1618
HRITZ v. MSPB
Date: October 17, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1823
CELLSPIN SOFT, INC. v. CANON U.S.A., INC.
Date: October 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1947
CELLSPIN SOFT, INC. v. PANASONIC CORPORATION
Date: October 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1948
SPEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. APRICORN
Date: October 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2210
Hekmati v. United States  
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2086

Justia Opinion Summary: Hekmati, a Marine Corps veteran, completed two tours of service in Iraq from 2001-2005 and worked as a military contractor between 2005-2011, stationed in Afghanistan. On his way back to the U.S., Hekmati went to Iran,…

Weisner v. Google, LLC  
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2228

Justia Opinion Summary: A named inventor of four related patents sued Google for infringement. The patents generally describe ways in which individuals and businesses can exchange information. As individuals go about their day, they may record…

IROBOT CORPORATION v. SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1234
APPLE INC. v. COREPHOTONICS, LTD.
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1325
MUNOZ v. MCDONOUGH
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1628
CONTEH v. COMMERCE
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1693
PENLEY v. MCDONOUGH
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2088
WOOD v. US
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1947
CUPP COMPUTING AS v. TREND MICRO INC.
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2059
PANDUIT CORP. v. CORNING INCORPORATED
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1167
In Re JANKE
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1274
DELANO v. MCDONOUGH
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1694
DEFENDERS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, LLC v. GOOGLE LLC
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2058
GLOVER v. COHEN
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2126
NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC. v. DANISCO US INC.
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2184
SCEPTER CANADA, INC. v. NO SPILL, LLC
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2282
UNITED FACILITIES SERVICES CORPORATION v. GSA
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1911
WHITACRE v. NAVY
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2176
RADOGNA v. US
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1811
MATTINGLY v. MCDONOUGH
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1265
NETAPP, INC. v. PROVEN NETWORKS, LLC
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1893
THERMOLIFE INTERNATIONAL LLC v. HUMAN POWER OF N COMPANY
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1316
In Re Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.  
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-153

Justia Opinion Summary: Bel Power sued, alleging that Monolithic infringes Bel’s patents by selling certain power modules to original equipment manufacturers and other distributors and customers that use the products in their own electronic…

TRILLER, INC. v. BYTEDANCE LTD.
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1937
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.,  
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2121

Justia Opinion Summary: Merck’s 708 patent describes sitagliptin dihydrogen phosphate (sitagliptin DHP), which belongs to the class of dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DP-IV) inhibitors that can be used for treating non-insulin-dependent (Type 2)…

WSOU INVESTMENTS LLC v. UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2267
Memmer v. United States  
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2133

Justia Opinion Summary: The Indiana Southwestern Railway Company sought to abandon railway easements, in which the owners had reversionary interests. The Surface Transportation Board (49 U.S.C. 10903) issued a Notice of Interim Trail Use and…

Cooperative Entertainment, Inc. v. Kollective Technology, Inc. (  
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2167

Justia Opinion Summary: Cooperative’s ’452 patent relates to systems and methods of structuring a peer-to-peer (P2P) dynamic network for distributing large files, namely videos and video games. In prior art systems, video streaming was…

Provisur Technologies, Inc. v. Weber, Inc.  
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1942

Justia Opinion Summary: Provisur’s patent describes a method and system for “classifying slices or a portion cut from a food product according to an optical image of the slice.” Some food products, like bacon or cold cuts, are packaged and sold…

SENECA v. MSPB
Date: September 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1842
Johnson v. Department of the Air Force  
Date: September 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1579

Justia Opinion Summary: Johnson was a Dyess Air Force Base firefighter from 2017-2019. In 2018, Johnson’s mother came to live with Johnson's family. She took around 13 pills to treat health issues; Johnson was taking “seven or eight” pills. …

JOHNSON v. MSPB
Date: September 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2136
GROUP ONE LTD. v. GTE GMBH
Date: September 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1602
MANUEL v. OPM
Date: September 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1944
Xi’an Metals & Minerals Import & Export Co. Ltd. v. United States  
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2205

Justia Opinion Summary: In the tenth administrative review of the antidumping order on steel nails from China, the U.S. Department of Commerce found that Pioneer did not cooperate to the best of its ability with Commerce’s request for…

In Re WENGER S.A.
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number: 22-158
CAP EXPORT, LLC v. ZINUS, INC.
Date: September 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2159
FARIS v. AIR FORCE
Date: September 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1561
In Re JOY TEA INC.
Date: September 21, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1041
Nova v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs  
Date: September 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1321

Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Veterans Affairs rating schedule standardizes the evaluation of how severely diseases and injuries resulting from military service impair veterans’ earning capacity, 38 C.F.R. 4.1. The rating schedule…

ACADIANA MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC v. US
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1941
In Re GOOGLE LLC
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1611
FLYING HORSE v. US
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1908
Polaris Innovations Ltd. v. Brent  
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 19-1483

Justia Opinion Summary: Polaris’s 993 patent, titled “Control Component for Controlling a Semiconductor Memory Component in a Semiconductor Memory Module,” explains that the control component can send both address signals and control signals…

LITZ v. TECH GURU, LLC
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2375
FARO v. VIDAL
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1804
NOBLES v. MCDONOUGH
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1910
AHURUONYE v. INTERIOR
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1930
MOHAMMED v. US
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2052
SawStop Holding LLC v. Vida;  
Date: September 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1537

Justia Opinion Summary: Sawstop requested patent term adjustments (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(C), which grants day-for-day extensions for delays attributable to appellate review by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board or by a Federal court in a…

TUCKER v. TRANS UNION LLC
Date: September 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-152
In Re PHILLIPS
Date: September 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-159
ATIYEH v. VARA
Date: September 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1781
GOLDEN v. APPLE INC.
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1229
WINET LABS LLC v. MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1081
LAL v. HHS
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2330
DAVIS v. MCDONOUGH
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1154
In Re SMITH
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1310
APPLE INC. v. MPH TECHNOLOGIES OY
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1355
Skaar v. McDonough  
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1757

Justia Opinion Summary: Air Force veteran Skaar was exposed to ionizing radiation while participating in a cleanup operation in Palomares, Spain following a 1966 midair collision involving a plane carrying nuclear weapons. In 1998, he was…

California Steel Industries, Inc. v. United States  
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2172

Justia Opinion Summary: Domestic manufacturers or distributors who imported steel products subject to an ad valorem “national security” tariffs, 19 U.S.C. 1862, sought exclusions from the tariff. Domestic steel producers objected to those…

Hyatt v. United States Patent and Trademark Office  
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2324

Justia Opinion Summary: During the GATT Bubble–a 1995 application “rush” by applicants who wanted their patent claims to be governed by the pre-35 U.S.C. 154(a)(2) patent term, Hyatt filed the 938 application, which claims priority to…

SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD. v. P3 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1145
GOLDEN v. US
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1196
GOLDEN v. APPLE INC.
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1229
COOKE v. MSPB
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1643
Arendi S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics Inc.  
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1967

Justia Opinion Summary: Arendi sued LG for infringement. The District of Delaware’s rules required Arendi to “specifically identify the accused products and the asserted patent(s)” and to produce "an initial claim chart relating each accused…

MOFFETT v. MCDONOUGH
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1183
BRANDT v. MSPB
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1441
HOOPER v. MCDONOUGH
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1738
ARP Materials, Inc. v. United States  
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2176

Justia Opinion Summary: The importers sought refunds of estimated duties they deposited with U.S. Customs and Border Protection for tariffs that the U.S. Trade Representative retroactively rescinded after granting exclusion requests submitted…

NIKE, INC. v. ADIDAS AG
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1903
INVT SPE LLC v. International Trade Commission  
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1903

Justia Opinion Summary: INVT alleged that the importation and sale of personal devices, such as smartphones, smartwatches, and tablets, infringed INVT's patents. An ALJ determined that the accused devices did not infringe claims 3 and 4 of the…

SMITH v. US
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1968
BISHAY v. US
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1020
YC RUBBER CO. (NORTH AMERICA) v. US
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1489
OLSEN v. US
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2034
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. v. DYNAMICS INC.
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2352
Y.C. Rubber Co.(North America), LLC v. United States  
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1489

Justia Opinion Summary: Commerce initiated a second administrative review of antidumping duties for certain passenger-vehicle and light-truck tires from China and selected two mandatory respondents, Junhon and Haohua as “the top two publicly…

YC RUBBER CO. (NORTH AMERICA) v. US
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1489
Carter v. McDonough  
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2077

Justia Opinion Summary: Carter served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1979-1980; he was identified as having damaged a government vehicle. According to the military police (MP), Carter became combative during his apprehension and…

BEST MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. ELEKTA INC.
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2099
MCLARNON v. US
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1134
ORAM v. MSPB
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1736
PATEL v. WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1962
BEST MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. ELEKTA INC.
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2084
Best Medical International, Inc. v. Elekta Inc.,  
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2099

Justia Opinion Summary: BMI’s 096 patent is generally directed to a method and apparatus for conformal radiation therapy of tumors using a pre-determined radiation dose. To account for the three-dimensionality of tumors, the gantry of a…

BORUSAN MANNESMANN BORU SANAYI VE TICARET A.S. v. US
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1502
MOHAMMED v. US
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1543
O'DONNELL v. AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1768
AHMED v. MSPB
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1347
ADT LLC v. ITC
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2111
In Re Killian  
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2113

Justia Opinion Summary: Killian’s application relates to a system “for determining eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance [SSDI] benefits through a computer network.” This process entails looking up information from a Federal…

ANALOG DEVICES, INC. v. XILINX, INC.
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1537
HAWKINS v. US
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1096
APOLLO PETROLEUM SOLUTIONS, LLC v. NANO GAS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1875
Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2342

Justia Opinion Summary: Since 2014 Par has manufactured and sold Vasostrict®, an FDA-approved vasopressin injection product used to treat patients with critically low blood pressure. The Orange Book identifies Par’s 785 and 209 patents as…

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. v. VIDAL
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1991
Click-to-Call Technologies, LP- v. Ingenio, Inc.  
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1016

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, Click-to-Call sued several entities (including Ingenio) for infringement of its patent. Ingenio filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) challenging the 16 asserted claims and one additional claim. While…

FG SRC, LLC v. INTEL CORPORATION
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1760
In Re Palo Alto Networks, Inc.  
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-145

Justia Opinion Summary: Centripetal filed an infringement complaint against PAN, which then filed an inter partes review (IPR) petition for one patent and a post-grant review (PGR) petition for another. While the petitions were pending, the…

ALFORD v. US
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1783
LaBonte v. United States  
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1432

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, LaBonte went absent without leave (AWOL) from the Army for six months. He voluntarily returned to his base, pleaded guilty to desertion in a court-martial proceeding, and received a Bad Conduct Discharge. In…

GONZALEZ v. MCDONOUGH
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1885
Kamstrup A/S v. Axioma Metering UAB  
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1923

Justia Opinion Summary: Kamstrup’s 957 patent describes ultrasonic flow meters and housings. The specification discloses that the meters are used for “calculating a consumed quantity of water, heat, cooling, gas or the like.” Ultrasonic flow…

Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc.  
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2054

Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Circuit previously affirmed summary judgment of no invalidity for claim 1 of the 348 patent in favor of Hologic, applying the doctrine of assignor estoppel against Minerva. The patent covers an endometrial…

SULLIVAN v. MCDONOUGH
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1459
Meyer Corp., U.S. v. United States  
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1932

Justia Opinion Summary: Meyer imports cookware. Each cookware item manufactured in Thailand began as a steel disc imported from China. In Thailand, the manufacturer transforms the discs into finished cookware and sells finished cookware to…

LSI Corp. v. Regents of the University of Minnesota  
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2057

Justia Opinion Summary: The 601 patent addresses error rates related to recording data to computer storage devices. Dr. Moon, a UMN professor, and Dr. Brickner, a UMN graduate student, developed maximum transition-run coding to reduce…

HYUNDAI ELECTRIC & ENERGY SYSTEMS v. US
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2312
KEEL v. MCDONOUGH
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1565
In Re McDonald  
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1697

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, McDonald filed a patent application for methods and systems related to the display of search results. Several original claims did not recite a “processor” for conducting the claimed searches. The examiner…

Coy v. Dep't of Treasury  
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2098

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the interim relief statute does not preclude a second removal action while a first removal action is still pending when the second action cures a…

HIRSCH v. US
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2163
In Re HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO.
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-154
In Re GYROOR US
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-155
PERRY v. PTO
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1720
INFINEUM USA L.P. v. CHEVRON ORONITE COMPANY LLC
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1333
BRUZZONE v. US
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1470
GERMANY v. MCDONOUGH
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1806
RASHID v. US
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1809
CASH v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1852
PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. WEBER, INC.
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1883
PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA, LLC v. ITC
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2064
A. O. SMITH CORPORATION v. BRADFORD WHITE CORPORATION
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2222
Thaler v. Vidal  
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2347

Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed the judgment of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) denying Plaintiff's patent applications, which failed to list any human as an inventor, holding that the Patent Act…

THORPE v. SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, PA
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1698
GUARDINO v. MSPB
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1881
NEW VISION GAMING & DEVELOPMENT, INC. v. SG GAMING, INC.
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1399
HODORE v. MCDONOUGH
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1950
CADDO SYSTEMS, INC. v. MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2043
JOHNSON-ARIZMENDI v. MCDONOUGH
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1022
ALGUARD v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2154
A. O. SMITH CORPORATION v. BRADFORD WHITE CORPORATION
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2222
RANDOLPH v. MCDONOUGH
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1417
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. v. NEVRO CORP.
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1797
Vicentin S.A.I.C. v. United States  
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1988

Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal from an antidumping investigation of biodiesel from Argentina the Federal Circuit affirmed the judgment of the United States Court of International Trade, holding that two challenged calculations Commerce…

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. v. DYNAMICS INC.
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2352
ILLUMINA, INC. v. BGI GENOMICS CO., LTD.
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1733
VOCALIFE LLC v. AMAZON.COM, INC.
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1937
Aspects Furniture International, Inc. v. United States  
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2060

Justia Opinion Summary: The Seventh Circuit affirmed the judgment of the Court of International Trade determining that the United States Customs and Border Protection timely liquidated or reliquidated ten out of eleven entries of wooden bedroom…

MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC v. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2169
Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Netflix, Inc.  
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1484

Justia Opinion Summary: Realtime filed patent infringement actions against Netflix in the District of Delaware. While that action was ongoing, Netflix filed petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing…

PODLUCKY v. US
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1319
PODLUCKY v. US
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1328
AMERICAN NATIONAL v. SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1030
BURNS v. MCDONOUGH
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1878
TALEXMEDICAL, LLC v. BECON MEDICAL LIMITED
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2069
WOODS v. US
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2261
KAETZ v. US
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1812
STEEVES v. US
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1079
DAVIS v. MCDONOUGH
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1904
INNOVATION SCIENCES, LLC v. AMAZON.COM, INC.
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2111
CAMPBELL v. US
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1382
CONYERS v. DVA
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1778
PARMLEE v. STATE OF CT OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1805
STEUBEN FOODS, INC. v. VIDAL
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1082
WIRELESS PROTOCOL INNOVATIONS, INC. v. TCT MOBILE, INC.
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2112
ETHICON LLC v. ITC
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1111
In Re BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES (DE) INC.
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1161
Zafer Construction Co. v. United States  
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1547

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Zafer entered a $40 million contract to build water systems on the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Zafer completed the project and submitted a request for equitable adjustment in September 2013, which it timely…

POLARIS INNOVATIONS LIMITED v. ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1917
ETHANOL BOOSTING SYSTEMS, LLC v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1949
Morris v. McDonough  
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2032

Justia Opinion Summary: Morris served in the Army, 1965-1968. In 1970, he unsuccessfully sought disability benefits (38 U.S.C. 1110), alleging a disability based on a nervous condition connected to his service. The VA instead granted his claim…

CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc  
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1027

Justia Opinion Summary: The patents share the same specification and are entitled “Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Graft Rejection in Organ Transplant Patients.” They discuss diagnosing or predicting organ transplant status by using methods to detect…

SOLAS OLED LTD. v. VIDAL
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1309
WICKRAMARATNA v. US
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1786
Lanclos v. United States  
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1750

Justia Opinion Summary: Lanclos was born in 1982 at the Keesler Air Force Base Medical Center. During childbirth, she was seriously injured and as a result, suffers from Athetoid cerebral palsy. The settlement agreement for Lanclos’s medical…

RILLITO RIVER SOLAR LLC v. BAMBOO INDUSTRIES, LLC
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1358
EDWARDS v. NAVY
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1799
MOBILITY WORKX, LLC v. UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1441
NUCURRENT, INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1605
NUCURRENT, INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1840
POP TOP CORP. v. RAKUTEN KOBO INC.
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2174
JORDAN v. MCDONOUGH
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1811
Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Thales DIS AIS Deutschland GMBH  
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2106

Justia Opinion Summary: Philips and Thales design and manufacture telecommunications equipment and related technologies, including those related to various generations of wireless networks. Philips and Thales have been engaged in negotiations…

SAHA THAI STEEL PIPE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED v. US
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1172
SAHA THAI STEEL PIPE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED v. US
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1173
MILTON v. US
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1131
LG Electronics Inc. v. Immervision, Inc.  
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2037

Justia Opinion Summary: LG filed petitions for inter partes review (IPR), each challenging a dependent claim of the 990 patent, which relates to capturing and displaying digital panoramic images. The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial…

HAYNES v. MSPB
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1262
HUSTEEL CO., LTD. v. US
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1300
FULTON v. LAGUNITAS BREWING COMPANY
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1471
FORREST v. US
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1923
PRITCHARD v. MSPB
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1261
CORRELL v. VIDAL
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1420
TRIS PHARMA, INC. v. ACTAVIS LABORATORIES FL, INC.
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1495
COOLTVNETWORK.COM, INC. v. BLACKBOARD, INC.
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2191
TRUSTED KNIGHT CORPORATION v. IBM
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2274
In Re ZAHNER DESIGN GROUP, LTD.
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1026
NAGLE v. USPS
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1306
DAVIS v. MCDONOUGH
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1506
DEMPSEY v. UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1665
Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd. v. United States  
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2067

Justia Opinion Summary: In its ninth administrative review of its antidumping order regarding certain steel nails from China, the Department of Commerce relied on adverse facts available (AFA) in calculating antidumping rates for two mandatory…

DONG-A STEEL COMPANY v. US
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2153
GAINER v. MCDONOUGH
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1604
U.S. AEROTEAM, INC. v. US
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2272
WHITTINGTON v. US
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1571
HARRIS v. DVA
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1729
BORUSAN MANNESMANN BORU SANAYI VE TICARET A.S. v. US
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2097
HIP, INC. v. HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1696
BROWN v. GSA
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1996
In Re BUCKSHAW
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-146
Long v. McDonough  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1669

Justia Opinion Summary: Long served in the Air Force, 1969-1976 and spent most of that time as an air traffic control radar repairman, working without ear protection near active runways. In 2009, Long filed a disability compensation claim for…

Meenaxi Enterprise, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2209

Justia Opinion Summary: Coca-Cola distributes a Thums Up cola and Limca lemon-lime soda in India and other foreign markets. Meenaxi has distributed a Thums Up cola and a Limca lemon-lime soda in the United States since 2008 and registered the…

PRIME TIME COMMERCE, LLC v. US
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1783
Bowling v. McDonough  
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1945

Justia Opinion Summary: Bowling and Appling were discharged from military service under conditions other than honorable. Each eventually sought veterans’ benefits. Their discharges would statutorily bar the benefits at issue unless they came…

Static Media LLC v. Leader Accessories LLC  
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2303

Justia Opinion Summary: Static sued Leader in Wisconsin for infringing its D400 design patent. The parties entered into a court-approved protective order, under which they could designate certain material produced during discovery as…

In Re ZTE CORPORATION
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-147
In Re FRANCIS
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-151
JUMP ROPE SYSTEMS, LLC v. COULTER VENTURES, LLC
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1624
ADAMS v. US
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1662
NETFLIX, INC. v. DIVX, LLC
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1931
SKYBELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. ITC
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1354
SANDERS v. US
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1375
BEDNARZ v. MCDONOUGH
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1522
VACA v. MCDONOUGH
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1776
Centripetal Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.  
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1888

Justia Opinion Summary: Centripetal sued Cisco for the infringement of 10 patents relating to systems that perform computer networking security functions. Centripetal successfully requested that the case be reassigned to Judge Morgan, who had…

Haggart v. United States  
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1660

Justia Opinion Summary: The Claims Court certified a class of landowners who owned property along a railroad corridor that was converted to a recreational trail under the National Trails System Act. Denise and Gordon Woodley, who jointly owned…

GOLDEN EYE MEDIA USA, INC. v. EVO LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS LIMITED
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2096
BANGKOK BANGKOK IMPORT & EXPORT INC. v. 2M ASSOCIATES, INC.
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1584
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc.  
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1070

Justia Opinion Summary: Novartis markets a 0.5 mg daily dose of fingolimod hydrochloride under the brand name Gilenya, for treating relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, a debilitating immune-mediated demyelinating disease. There is currently…

SYNQOR, INC. v. VICOR CORPORATION
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1259
Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs  
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2086

Justia Opinion Summary: The U.S. military sprayed over 17 million gallons of herbicides over Vietnam during “Operation Ranch Hand,” primarily Agent Orange. Concerns about the health effects of veterans’ exposure to Agent Orange led to the…

GENENTECH, INC. v. SANDOZ INC.
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1595
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1700
GOOGLE LLC v. REALTIME ADAPTIVE STREAMING
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1545
SHELTER FOREST INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITION, INC. v. US
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2281
INNOVATIVE GLOBAL SYSTEMS, LLC v. MOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2289
CARTER v. DEFENSE
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1305
FALL v. MSPB
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1428
C.A. CASYSO GMBH v. HEMOSONICS LLC
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1444
BAKER v. RAIMONDO
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1961
University of Massachusetts v. L’Oréal S.A.  
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1969

Justia Opinion Summary: The patents, which cover skin care products and are related as parent and child, are owned by the University of Massachusetts, which sued L’Oréal (S.A. and USA) for infringement. L’Oréal S.A., which is based in France,…

In Re ADVANCED NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1042
LOPEZ v. MCDONOUGH
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1507
WORLDSOURCE ENTERPRISES, LLC v. VIDAL
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1041
SONOVA AG v. MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERATE GMBH
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2138
CASTILLEJOS v. OPM
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1036
In Re A. ZETA S.R.L.
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1178
CLAY v. MCDONOUGH
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1254
AGARWAL v. MORBARK, LLC
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1348
USP Holdings, Inc. v. United States  
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1726

Justia Opinion Summary: The Trade Expansion Act authorizes the President to adjust imports if he concurs with a determination by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce “that an article is being imported into the United States in such quantities or…

AFGE LOCAL 3438 v. SSA
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1972
TOWNSEND v. BROOKS SPORTS, INC.
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2143
SALAS v. MCDONOUGH
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1214
SIMMONS v. MCDONOUGH
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1369
LONDON v. MCDONOUGH
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1503
NASDAQ, INC. v. INVESTORS EXCHANGE LLC
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1629
ADAMS v. NAVY
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1734
OMNI MEDSCI, INC. v. APPLE INC.
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1229
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE v. INTERIOR
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1690
OMNI MEDSCI, INC. v. APPLE INC.
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2213
HERRERA v. MCDONOUGH
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1051
In Re KIELY
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1076
LAX ELECTRONICS, INC. v. US
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2374
ORAM v. MSPB
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1251
PORSCHE MOTORSPORTS NORTH AMERICA, INC. v. US
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1440
MOHAMMED v. US
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1543
PROPPANT EXPRESS INVESTMENTS LLC v. OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1837
OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. PROPPANT EXPRESS INVESTMENTS LLC
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1838
POLARIS INNOVATIONS LIMITED v. US
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 18-1768
PROPPANT EXPRESS INVESTMENTS LLC v. OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1557
Pavo Solutions,. LLC v. Kingston Technology Co., Inc.  
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1834

Justia Opinion Summary: Pavo's patent is generally directed to “[a] flash memory apparatus having a single body type rotary cover” to protect USB ports from damage and foreign substances. Pavo’s predecessor sued Kingston, alleging infringement.…

Milton v. United States  
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1131

Justia Opinion Summary: Following floods at Houston’s Buffalo Bayou watershed, the federal government built the Barker and Addicks Dams. By 1963, each dam held a large reservoir with gated outflowing conduits. The Army Corps of Engineers’ 2012…

In Re TAYLOR
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1613
PODLUCKY v. US
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2226
Tiger Lily Ventures Ltd. v. Barclays Capital Inc.  
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1107

Justia Opinion Summary: . Until 2008, Lehman Brothers, a large investment bank, owned federal trademark registrations for the standard character mark LEHMAN BROTHERS. Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and sold several of its…

ClearOne, Inc. v. Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.  
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1517

Justia Opinion Summary: Shure’s 493 patent relates to arrays of microphones and housings for the arrays so that the arrays and housings may be fitted into a drop ceiling grid. The array is configured, in one embodiment, to “include[] a…

ARUNACHALAM v. KRONOS INCORPORATED
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1948
LASHIFY, INC. v. ITC
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1566
BUCKNER v. MCDONOUGH
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2316
KNIGHT v. DVA
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1169
MILLER v. MCDONOUGH
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1240
LAU v. MSPB
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1289
Smith & Nephew, Inc. v. Arthrex, Inc.  
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 18-2140

Justia Opinion Summary: Arthrex sued S&N, alleging infringement. S&N sought inter partes review (IPR). The Patent Trial and Appeal Board found that prior art anticipated several claims. Arthrex challenged the decision on the merits and argued…

In Re NCH CORPORATION
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1166
In Re BRIGGS
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1299
In Re APPLE INC.
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-137
COLLIER v. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1442
HEALTH DISCOVERY CORPORATION v. INTEL CORPORATION
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1446
BAUTISTA v. MSPB
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1500

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