Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential opinion dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released two nonprecedential opinions and two additional nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. One of the opinions comes in a patent infringement case, and the other comes in an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.
Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, LLC v. Coca-Cola Company (Nonprecedential)
Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, LLC (“Rothschild”) sued Coca-Cola Co. (“Coca-Cola”) for infringing U.S. Patent No. 8,417,377 (“the ’377 patent”). The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted summary judgment of noninfringement. Rothschild appeals. We affirm.
Evans v. Collins (Nonprecedential)
Vanderbilt Evans, Sr., served in the United States Marine Corps from 1965 to 1967, with duty in Vietnam. During his service, he was shot in his left shoulder and left brachial plexus nerves. In 1968, he obtained veterans’ disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) based on the gunshot wound, with a 60% disability rating reflecting severe incomplete paralysis in his nondominant arm under diagnostic code 8513. In 1996, as is relevant here, Mr. Evans asked VA to reexamine his left shoulder because he felt increased pain during the preceding months.