Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:
- an article detailing how “[t]he Federal Circuit and Judge Albright have been in a constant state of tension over case transfers”;
- another article discussing how Judge Albright was recently “[c]ritical of recent Federal Circuit decisions”; and
- a third article discussing how “Judge Leonard P. Stark will bring a wealth of patent experience to the Federal Circuit.”
Britain Eakin filed an article with Law360 explaining how “[t]he Federal Circuit on Wednesday found once again that U.S. District Judge Alan Albright abused his discretion by denying the transfer of a patent case.” Eakin noted how “[t]he Federal Circuit and Judge Albright have been in a constant state of tension over case transfers, with the nation’s busiest patent judge attempting to keep cases in his court and the appeals court overriding him by granting mandamus petitions.”
Matthew Bultman authored an article for Bloomberg Law discussing how Judge Albright has recently been “[c]ritical of recent Federal Circuit decisions.” Bultman highlighted how Judge Albright recently said that “[r]ecent Federal Circuit decisions on moving patent cases out of West Texas judge Alan Albright’s courtroom are ‘out of step’ with decades of law.”
Adam Hess wrote an article for Lexology noting how “Judge Leonard P. Stark will bring a wealth of patent experience to the Federal Circuit.” Moreover, Hess stated, “Judge Stark is . . . known for being creative in his approach to patent cases, including initiating novel ‘Section 101 Days’ where he and other judges have heard arguments relating to patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 on multiple cases at the same time.”