Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:
- an article discussing how “Commissioner for Patents Vaishali Udupa has notified the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that she is resigning effective immediately”;
- a report covering how three Federal Circuit “judges said Friday that doctors’ examination reports Judge Pauline Newman has presented as part of her legal effort to fight her suspension at the Federal Circuit contained major errors and unscientific conclusions”; and
- a piece reporting how a Federal Circuit panel “stripped a patent case over respiratory treatment devices away from a North Carolina federal judge, with the appeals court reversing a noninfringement verdict.”
Gene Quinn wrote an article for IP Watchdog discussing how “Commissioner for Patents Vaishali Udupa has notified the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that she is resigning effective immediately.” Quinn noted that “Udupa has submitted her resignation in order to take advantage of the deferred resignation program—known as Fork in the Road—offered by President Donald J. Trump to federal workers in an email on January 28, 2025.”
Michael Shapiro filed a report for Bloomberg Law covering how three Federal Circuit “judges said Friday that doctors’ examination reports Judge Pauline Newman has presented as part of her legal effort to fight her suspension at the Federal Circuit contained major errors and unscientific conclusions.” Shapiro explained how “a group of medical specialists consulted by [the] three-judge investigative committee handling the disability case poked holes” in the released information. For more information, see the Federal Circuit’s announcement from Friday.
Andrew Karpan authored a piece for Law 360 reporting how a Federal Circuit panel “stripped a patent case over respiratory treatment devices away from a North Carolina federal judge, with the appeals court reversing a noninfringement verdict.” According to Karpan, the Federal Circuit found “that it was at least the second time the judge ‘did not intend to manage a fair trial.'” In more detail, Karpan explained how Chief Judge Moore “assailed the conduct of Eastern District of North Carolina’s U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle in his handling of [the] patent case,” with Chief Judge Moore concluding in a precedential opinion that the “case must go in front of another jury, and Judge Boyle would not be involved.” For more information, check out the opinion from Friday in Trudell Medical International Inc. v. D R Burton Healthcare, LLC.