Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:
- an article discussing the importance of training federal judges to manage their law clerks;
- an article highlighting the potential for the Federal Circuit to shape patent law in a pending appeal at the Federal Circuit; and
- an article considering the impact of a recent decision of the Federal Circuit on government contract cases.
Aliza Shatzman wrote an article for Above the Law discussing the importance of training federal judges to manage their law clerks. Shatzman claims a Federal Circuit report regarding Judge Newman “documents Newman’s apparent inability to manage court staff, including law clerks and judicial assistants.”
Dennis Crouch authored an article for PatentlyO highlighting the potential for the Federal Circuit to shape patent law in a pending appeal at the Federal Circuit. According to Crouch, in this case “Federal Circuit . . . has the opportunity (and duty) to shape the law” on both the doctrine of equivalents and the reverse doctrine of equivalents.
Daniel Wilson authored an article for Law360 considering the impact of a recent decision of the Federal Circuit on government contract cases. According to Wilson, the court’s holding in ECC International Constructors, LLC v. Secretary of the Army is “likely to have a significant effect on how the government and federal contractors litigate Contract Disputes Act cases.”