Archive for the 'Federal Circuit' Category

Indian Tribe’s Standing to Challenge Settlement Distribution and Patent Cases

Today, the Federal Circuit decided a patent infringement case and another involving an action against the United States for breach of fiduciary duty relating to the government’s distribution of revenue derived from an Indian reservation.
In Richardson v. Stanley Works, Inc., No. 09-1354, the court faced a challenge to the district court’s finding of noninfringement relating [...]

Indian Tribe’s Standing to Challenge Settlement Distribution and Patent Cases

Today, the Federal Circuit decided a patent infringement case and another involving an action against the United States for breach of fiduciary duty relating to the government’s distribution of revenue derived from an Indian reservation.
In Richardson v. Stanley Works, Inc., No. 09-1354, the court faced a challenge to the district court’s finding of noninfringement relating [...]

Ruling in Validity of Patents in Suit for Violation Under the Tarff Act

In Ajinomoto Co., Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, No. 09-1081, the Federal Circuit faced a challenge to the International Trade Commission’s final determination that the importation and sale of certain lysine feed products did not violate section 337 of the Tarrif Act.  Petitioner’s patents claimed an improved method of producing L-lysine with genetically engineered E-Coli bacteria.
In [...]

Decisions in TiVo’s Patent Infringement and Administrative Employment Cases

In TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Corp., No. 09-1374, the Federal Circuit faced a challenge to the district court’s decision finding EchoStar in contempt of its permanent injunction order relating to TiVo’s patent infringement action of its digital video recorder (DVR).
TiVo’s patent infringement action against EchoStar began in 2004 when the jury found that EchoStar’s [...]

Rulings in Antidumping and Legal Malpractice Cases

The Federal Circuit decided two cases today; one involving a challenge to the Department of Commerce’s determination involving frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand, and a plaintiff’s legal malpractice suit against her former attorney related to her patent applications.
In Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Comm. v. US, No. 09-1375, the US Court of International Trade affirmed the Commerce’s [...]

Ruling on Jurisdictional Issue in Bid Protest Action Against the US

In Res. Conservation Group, LLC v. US, No. 09-5091, the Federal Circuit dealt with plaintiff’s suit against the United States for breach of an implied contract of fair and honest consideration and violation of the APA, seeking recovery of bid preparation costs and fees for the breach, arising from a solicitation of offers to lease [...]

Rulings In Patent Infringement Cases

The Federal Circuit decided two patent infringement cases yesterday.  The first case involved a patent for a memorabilia card and the second case involved a patent directed to a cooling device designed to mount within the drive bay of a computer.
In Comaper Corp. v. Antec, Inc., No. 09-1248, the court faced a challenge to the [...]

Rulings in Patent and Copyright Infringement Cases

The Federal Circuit decided a patent infringement suit related to a software patent and a copyright infringement suit against the US government.
In Trading Techs. Int’l, Inc. v. eSpeed, Inc., No. 08-1392, the court faced several issues involving plaintiff’s patent involving software for displaying the market for a commodity traded in an electronic exchange.  In affirming the judgment of [...]

Rulings in Two Patent Cases

The Federal Circuit decided two patent cases.  One involved claims of patent infringement and unfair competition related to patented footwear, commonly known as “Crocs”, and the other involved a finding by the US Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Inferences rejecting an application involving divalent antibody fragments.
In Crocs, Inc. v. Int’l Trade [...]

Pre-Award Bid Protest Rejected in Savantage Fin. Servs., Inc. v. US

In Savantage Fin. Servs., Inc. v. US, No. 09-5076, the Federal Circuit dealt with the plaintiff’s pre-award bid protest challenging the terms of a request for proposals from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), arguing that the requirements unduly restricted full and open competition in violation of Competition in Contracting Act.
As stated in the decision: [...]