Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:
- an article discussing a new report on Federal Circuit Judge Newman’s health;
- another article highlighting a Supreme Court petition urging review of the Federal Circuit’s decision in Personalized Media Communications v. Apple; and
- a third article about a recent decision from the Federal Circuit “affirm[ing] a Texas federal judge’s decision canceling patent claims” asserted “in lawsuits targeting dating app maker Bumble Trading LLC and several other tech firms.”
David Thomas authored an article for Reuters discussing a new report on Federal Circuit Judge Newman’s health. According to Thomas, the report was performed by “Dr. Regina Carney, a Miami-based forensic psychiatrist,” and “described Newman as an ‘unusually cognitively intact 96-year-old woman’ with ‘no evidence of current substantial medical, psychiatric, or cognitive disability.'” Thomas also explains how Newman’s attorneys argue the findings show no evidence “that would stop her from continuing to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.”
Ryan Davis wrote an article for Law360 highlighting a Supreme Court petition urging review of the Federal Circuit’s decision in Personalized Media Communications v. Apple. According to Davis, “PMC suggested that the Supreme Court should look at whether prosecution laches remains a valid defense following the high court’s 2017 decision discarding a different laches defense in many patent cases.” Davis explains how PMC discusses the impact of the Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in SCA Hygiene v. First Quality Baby Products, which “dealt with a laches doctrine that bars suits filed after unreasonable delays.”
Michael Shapiro published an article with Bloomberg Law about a recent decision from the Federal Circuit “affirm[ing] a Texas federal judge’s decision canceling patent claims” asserted “in lawsuits targeting dating app maker Bumble Trading LLC and several other tech firms.” Shapiro explains how the technology at issue in the case, Ikorongo Texas v. Bumble Trading, involves “collecting and sharing of certain geographic location data.”