Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today we highlight:
- an article highlighting how “[t]he Trump administration’s top lawyers urged a federal court . . . to uphold its sweeping global tariffs or risk ‘financial ruin'”;
- another piece discussing how the Trump Administration “sees complete disaster for the U.S. economy if its reciprocal tariffs are struck down, revealing its level of concern”;
- a post describing how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office “has introduced DesignVision, a new artificial intelligence-powered image search tool now available to design patent examiners”; and
- an article covering how the USPTO “plans to require foreign patent applicants and owners to use agency-sanctioned representatives, according to the Trump administration’s regulatory agenda update released Friday.”
Tony Romm authored an article for the New York Times highlighting how “[t]he Trump administration’s top lawyers urged a federal court . . . to uphold its sweeping global tariffs or risk ‘financial ruin.'” According to Romm, President Trump’s lawyers warned the Federal Circuit “that the United States could slip into an economic depression if an adverse ruling forces the government to refund billions of dollars in duties.” For more information on the case, V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump, check out our case page.
Jason Ma penned another piece for Fortune discussing how the Trump administration “sees complete disaster for the U.S. economy if its reciprocal tariffs are struck down,” thus “revealing its level of concern.” Ma noted that a letter from Justice Department officials “appears to anticipate that they will lose the case as they are asking for a stay if the court goes against them.”
Matthew Epstein published a post on Law 360 describing how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office “has introduced DesignVision, a new artificial intelligence-powered image search tool now available to design patent examiners.” Epstein suggested “[t]his development marks a pivotal moment in the USPTO’s broader initiative to integrate AI into patent examination workflows.”
Adam M. Taylor wrote an article for Bloomberg Law covering how the USPTO “plans to require foreign patent applicants and owners to use agency-sanctioned representatives, according to the Trump administration’s regulatory agenda update released Friday.” According to Taylor, “[a]bsent from the list of planned proposals and final rules is action to codify the PTO’s revived practice of discretionary denials of patent validity challenges,” something petitioners have argued “violates the federal law governing agency rulemaking.”