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 denial of a petition to the Supreme Court “asking the Court to review a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) that affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) [obviousness] determination”; and
- an article about how the “Federal Circuit on Monday denied” a petition seeking a writ of mandamus in light of the denial of a “bid to move an infringement suit over authentication and fraud reduction patents from Texas federal court to California.”
Eileen McDermott authored an article for IP Watchdog discussing the denial of a petition to the Supreme Court “asking the Court to review a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) that affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) [obviousness] determination.” According to McDermott, the Supreme Court petition “said the Federal Circuit’s decision ‘contravened its own established precedent.'”
Adam Lidgett wrote an article for Law360 about how the “Federal Circuit on Monday denied” a petition filed by Apple Inc. seeking a writ of mandamus in light of the denial of a “bid to move an infringement suit over authentication and fraud reduction patents from Texas federal court to California.” According to Lidgett, the “case hinged on the information possessed by Apple employees in Austin, Texas.”