FedCircuitBlog

This morning the Federal Circuit announced that there would be extensive street closures and traffic next week near the National Courts Building, but that court week will proceed as scheduled. Here is the full text of today’s announcement.

This morning the Federal Circuit released four nonprecedential orders. The first two are denials of petitions, and the other two are dismissals. Here are the introductions to the denials of petitions and links to the dismissals.

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. There was a new petition filed in a patent case concerning questions about inter partes review, and there was a new amicus brief filed in another patent case. Here are the details.

This morning the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions and one nonprecedential order. The first opinion affirms a judgment of a district court in a patent infringement case. The second affirms another judgment of a district court in another patent infringement case. The order is a dismissal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the order.

As we mentioned on Monday, three cases that will be argued in July at the Federal Circuit attracted amicus briefs. One of those cases is AliveCor, Inc. v. Apple Inc., a patent case. In it, the Federal Circuit will review a judgment of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which held several of AliveCor’s patents to be invalid for obviousness. This is our argument preview.

This morning the Federal Circuit released one nonprecedential order, a dismissal. Here is a link to the order.

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:

• an article reflecting on the first five months of the Federal Circuits’s precedential rulings in patent cases in 2024; and
• an article expressing the opinion that a new rule proposed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would seriously harm U.S. inventors.

This morning the Federal Circuit released one nonprecedential opinion and one nonprecedential order. The opinion affirms four separate judgments of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and the order is a dismissal. Here is the introduction to the opinion and a link to the order.

Three cases that will be argued in July at the Federal Circuit attracted amicus briefs. One of those cases is Metropolitan Area EMS Authority v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs. In this case, the Federal Circuit will review a final rule passed by the Department of Veterans Affairs that would enable VA to pay the lesser of the actual charge or the Medicare fee schedule (MFS) amount for non-contract ground and air ambulance transports. This is our argument preview.

This morning the Federal Circuit released four nonprecedential orders. All were dismissals. Here are links to the orders.