This week is Court Week at the Federal Circuit, and here’s what you need to know. The court will convene 11 panels to consider about 53 cases. Notably, none of this week’s cases attracted amicus briefs. Of the 53 cases, the court will hear oral arguments in 38, and the court will return to hearing oral argument in person. Here is a list of this week’s cases.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT
SCHEDULED CASES
March 2022
(Revised February 28, 2022)
Panel A: Monday, March 7, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 201
21-1870 PTO Willis Electric Co., Ltd. v. Everstar Merchandise Co., Ltd. [argued]
21-1882 PTO Everstar Merchandise Co. Ltd. v. Willis Electric Co., Ltd. [argued]
21-1543 DCT Modern Font Applications LLC v. PetSmart, Inc. [argued]
20-2278 DCT Modern Font Applications LLC v. Peak Restaurant Partners, LLC [argued]
21-2260 CAVC Norfleet v. McDonough [on the briefs]
Panel B: Monday, March 7, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 402
21-1601 PTO Ethicon LLC v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. [argued]
21-1926 DCT Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Bionpharma Inc. [argued]
21-1939 DCT ImmunoGen, Inc. v. Hirshfeld [argued]
20-2173 ITC Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. v. ITC [argued]
21-1872 CFC Brewer v. US [on the briefs]
Panel C: Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 201
21-1495 DCT Tris Pharma, Inc. v. Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc. [argued]
21-1775 PTO Boston Scientific v. Nevro Corp. [argued]
21-1777 PTO Boston Scientific v. Nevro Corp. [argued]
21-1990 DCT Worlds Inc. v. Activision Blizzard Inc. [argued]
19-2315 PTO In Re Luoma [on the briefs]
21-2307 MSPB Oram v. MSPB [on the briefs]
Panel D: Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 402
21-1635 PTO American Patents LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC [argued]
21-1747 CIT Mid Continent Steel & Wire v. US [argued]
21-2040 DCT VDPP LLC v. VIZIO, Inc. [argued]
21-2354 DCT Power Probe Group, Inc. v. Innova Electronics Corporation [argued]
21-2072 MSPB Keys v. HUD [on the briefs]
Panel E: Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 201
21-1652 CFC Sommers v. US [argued]
21-2013 DCT Littelfuse, Inc. v. Mersen USA EP Corp. [argued]
20-2102 PTO MobilePay LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC [argued]
21-1025 PTO O’Keeffe’s, Inc. v. Hirshfeld [argued]
21-2224 CAVC Lynch v. McDonough [on the briefs]
Panel F: Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 402
21-1981 PTO Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland Gmb v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. [argued]
21-2074 DCT Semiconductor Connections LLC v. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturer [argued]
21-1613 PTO In Re Taylor [on the briefs]
21-1693 MSPB Hobson v. MSPB [on the briefs]
21-1923 PTO Kamstrup A/S v. Axioma Metering UAB [on the briefs]
21-2314 DCT Sutton v. Shasta Industries Incorporated [on the briefs]
Panel G: Thursday, March 10, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 201
21-1179 PTO Google LLC v. IPA Technologies Inc. [argued]
21-1412 PTO Microsoft Corporation v. IPA Technologies Inc. [argued]
21-1438 PTO IPA Technologies Inc. v. Google LLC [argued]
21-2026 CAVC Harbin v. McDonough [on the briefs]
21-2151 MSPB Alford v. MSPB [on the briefs]
Panel H: Thursday, March 10, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 402
21-1745 PTO Advanced Voice Recognition v. Apple Inc. [argued]
21-1697 PTO In Re McDonald [argued]
21-1798 CAVC Kennedy v. McDonough [argued]
21-2037 PTO LG Electronics Inc. v. ImmerVision, Inc. [argued]
21-2136 MSPB Johnson v. MSPB [on the briefs]
Panel I: Friday, March 11, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 201
20-2206 PTO Rovi Guides, Inc. v. Hirshfeld [argued]
20-1994 PTO Rovi Guides, Inc. v. Hirshfeld [argued]
21-1902 PTO In Re Asset Guard Products, Inc. [argued]
21-1988 CIT Vicentin S.A.I.C. v. US [argued]
21-2076 CAVC Kriner v. McDonough [on the briefs]
Panel J: Friday, March 11, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 402
21-1473 PTO Intuitive Surgical Operations, v. Auris Health, Inc. [argued]
21-1732 PTO Auris Health, Inc. v. Intuitive Surgical Operations [argued]
21-1733 PTO Auris Health, Inc. v. Intuitive Surgical Operations [argued]
21-1778 DCT Fluidigm Corporation v. Ionpath, Inc. [argued]
21-1977 CAVC Johnson v. McDonough [on the briefs]
Panel K: Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 201
18-2140 PTO Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. [argued]