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Judicial Decisions

The Federal Circuit is the appellate court for all patent cases and its decisions guide the lower courts and the United States Patent Office in patent cases.  Because of the importance of the Federal Circuit decisions, summaries of recent decisions of that Court are found below.
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Title No. Date
Harari v. Lee & Harari v. Mihnea Federal Circuit, September 1st, 2011, 2010-1075; 2010-1076 12/22/2011 
Marine Polymer Tech. Inc. v. HemCon Inc. Federal Circuit, September 22nd 2010, 2010-1548 12/9/2011 
In Re Leithem Federal Circuit, September 19th 2011, 2011-1030 12/8/2011 
Cordis Corp. v. Boston Scientific Corp. (Fed. Cir. Sept. 28, 2011) Federal Circuit, Sept. 28, 2011, 2010-1311,-1310 12/7/2011 
Teva v. AstraZeneca No. 2011-1091 (Fed. Cir., Dec. 1, 2011) 12/1/2011 
Atlantic Research Marketing Systems, Inc. v. Stephen Troy, Jr. and Troy Industries, Inc. Fed. Cir. 2011-1002, -1003; Oct. 6, 2011 10/6/2011 
Global-Tech Appliances, Inc., et al. v. SEB S. A. Supreme Court No. 10–6 5/31/2011 
Therasense, Inc. and Abbott Laboratories v. Becton, Dickinson and Company Federal Circuit 2008-1511, -1512, -1513, -1514, -1595 5/25/2011 
Arlington Industries, Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. Federal Circuit, 2010-1025, 1/20/2011 
In re Glatt Air Techniques, Inc., Federal Circuit, 2010-1141 1/5/2011