FedCircuitBlog

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights Apple and Broadcom’s plans to appeal a $1.1 billion jury verdict against them in a patent case, concerns about a recent Federal Circuit decision on design patents, a story of challenges faced by a patent owner at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Federal Circuit, and an oral argument at the court deemed the “oral argument of the week.”

This morning the Federal Circuit issued one precedential opinion, one nonprecedential opinion, and one nonprecedential order, all in patent cases. Here are the introductions to the opinions and the text of the order.

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. It was another quiet week at the Supreme Court, with only one new petition, one brief, and four denials of petitions.

After this morning’s post, the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential order denying a petition for a writ of mandamus in a veterans case. Here is text from the order.

This morning the Federal Circuit issued one nonprecedential opinion in a patent case. Here is the introduction to the opinion.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. Highlights include new petitions in three cases raising questions related to transfer motions, licenses, and the constitutionality of the appointment of Administrative Patent Judges, two responses to petitions raising questions related to the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art and the constitutionality of the appointment of Administrative Patent Judges, and the denial of a motion for en banc reconsideration in a case that raised arguments related to the constitutionality of the appointment of Administrative Patent Judges. Here are the details.

This morning the Federal Circuit issued one nonprecedential opinion in a patent case. Here is the introduction to the opinion.

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights a comment on confidence in the U.S. patent system, a question about Rule 36 summary affirmances by the Federal Circuit, and an article on the Federal Circuit setting aside a district court ruling that Facebook did not infringe in Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC v. Facebook, Inc.

This morning the Federal Circuit did not issue any opinions.

Only one case being argued next week at the Federal Circuit attracted any amicus brief. That said, the case, National Veterans Legal Services Program v. United States, attracted five amicus briefs filed by 51 parties. In a nutshell, the case focuses on the legality of user fees charged by the federal judiciary for access to records via the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. Here is our argument preview.