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Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. As for the only pending en banc case, addressing design patent law’s non-obviousness requirement, three amicus curiae briefs were filed in support of appellants, and three amicus curiae briefs were filed in support of neither party. As for petitions, highlights include a new petition presenting a question related to inducement of infringement and two denials in other patent cases. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. This week’s highlight is the denial of a petition for rehearing en banc in a patent case presenting three questions related to the non-obviousness requirement.  

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. Highlights include the filing of an opening en banc brief in an en banc case reconsidering the longstanding test governing design patent obviousness and the denial of a petition raising questions related to obviousness.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. Highlights include a new petition presenting a question related to indirect infringement and a response brief addressing obviousness. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. Highlights include three new petitions in patent cases addressing claim construction, obviousness, and exceptional case status. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. Highlights include a new petition in a pro se patent case and two new invitations for responses in patent cases raising questions related to obviousness and reduction to practice. The court also denied a petition in a patent case raising questions related to construction of alleged means-plus-function limitations. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. Since our last update, the court denied an en banc petition in a patent case. That’s it Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. Highlights include two new petitions raising questions concerning actual reduction to practice and obviousness. The court also denied another petition raising a question related to obviousness. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. Last week, the court granted en banc rehearing in a patent case addressing the applicable test for non-obviousness of designs under design patent law. The court also filed an order holding another related patent case in abeyance pending the en banc review of the granted case. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. Highlights include a new petition presenting questions related to means-plus-function claims and a denial of a petition presenting a question related to appellate jurisdiction. Here are the details.