Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal in this intellectual property dispute. The parties agreed to the dismissal, and each side will bear its own costs.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision that Wildseed's patent claims were unpatentable as obvious. The court rejected Wildseed's narrow interpretation of claim language regarding user data, ruling that derived information from text messages satisfies the patent's requirements.
The Federal Circuit transferred an appeal involving federal employment discrimination to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania because district courts hold exclusive jurisdiction over such claims. The court relied on the prohibition against bifurcating discrimination allegations from other employment actions.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential order denying a petition for a writ of mandamus. The court ruled that the district court had already acted on the petitioner's motions, leaving no further action for the appellate court to compel.
The Federal Circuit affirmed that the Surface Transportation Board's issuance of Notices of Interim Trail Use constitutes a Fifth Amendment taking requiring just compensation. Applying Indiana property law, the court held that the railroad held only easements which extinguished upon service cessation, causing fee simple title to revert to the adjacent landowners.
The Federal Circuit determined it lacked jurisdiction to hear this appeal because the underlying dispute did not involve patent laws or other statutory grounds under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a). Consequently, the court ordered the transfer of the matter to the Third Circuit rather than dismissing the appeal.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the denial of special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(r) for a veteran with schizophrenia, holding that the statute requires specific anatomical losses or sensory impairments. The court clarified that the need for a higher level of care alone does not qualify a veteran for the enhanced rate without first meeting the predicate disability requirements.
The Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's determination that a patent claim was obvious, holding that the Board impermissibly imported limitations from the specification into the claim construction. The court clarified that a 'programming change' requires an alteration in the function of a device, not merely a change in stored data.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal in a contract dispute between VB Assets, LLC and Amazon.com Services LLC. The dismissal was granted by order because the parties agreed to the resolution.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision finding patent claims obvious. The court held that the Board erred by relying on an undisputed factual premise that the patent owner had not contested the obviousness argument.