FedCircuitBlog

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

• a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal by Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones defending Judge Newman;
• an article describing Judge Jones’s letter in defense of Judge Newman and Judge Jones’s relevant experience; and
• an article discussing a recent Federal Circuit decision that ended over a decade of patent infringement litigation.

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

• an article discussing oral arguments at the Federal Circuit in three appeals between Masimo Corp. and Apple Inc. involving “a series of Patent Trial and Appeal Board rulings that inventions described in Masimo’s patents were obvious and therefore unpatentable”;
• an article about how LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. Operations holds the potential to make changes to the longstanding test for design patent obviousness; and
• an article analyzing the potential impact of a former soldier’s argument that the “U.S. Supreme Court [should] reverse a Federal Circuit decision that he claimed wrongly reduced his access to increased benefits Congress granted to wartime veterans.”

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

• an article covering reactions to the recent recommendation by a special committee of Federal Circuit judges that “Judge Pauline Newman should be disciplined for refusing to comply with orders related to an investigation into her ability to perform her duties”;
• a blog post providing an update on the special committee’s recommendation; and
• an article about how Apple has argued to the Federal Circuit that the “U.S. International Trade Commission’s holding that Apple Watch imports should be banned for infringing another company’s patents risks turning the agency into a standard patent litigation forum, rather than one meant to rein in harmful trade practices.”

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

• an article about how a recent Federal Circuit investigative panel report found that Judge Newman “has committed ‘serious misconduct’”;
• an article about how a “special committee of Federal Circuit judges voted to sanction 96-year-old Judge Pauline Newman of the appeals court, over her refusal to cooperate with an investigation into her mental fitness”; and
• an article discussing “the top copyright and trademark cases to keep an eye on in the second half of 2023.”

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

• a blog post about how, “as of today, . . . no transcript has been made available” from the July 13 hearing from the ongoing investigation into Judge Newman’s fitness to serve as a judge;
• an article discussing how the Federal Circuit may be “on the verge of upending [the] harmonious co-existence between design patents and utility patents”; and
• a blog post about a recently-decided case we have been following because it attracted an amicus brief and its impact on the Federal Circuit’s appellate jurisdiction.

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

• an article about AI-generated content and its interaction with copyright law;
• an article covering various attorneys’ reactions to the news that U.S. Patent and Trademark Office “Director Kathi Vidal would take on an expanded role overseeing patent validity disputes”; and
• a blog post about how the “Alliance of U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs (USIJ) published a White Paper” showing how “some high-profile Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) cases might have played out if the” PREVAIL Act’s “provisions had already been in force.”

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

• an article providing a midyear report on “the most notable trademark decisions so far this year”;
• an article about the effects of a recent precedential Federal Circuit opinion in a trademark case dealing with tacking;
• a blog post summarizing takeaways from a recent precedential Federal Circuit opinion in a patent case addressing enablement, written description, and anticipation; and
• a blog post discussing the America Invents Act of 2011 and how it has allegedly given the Chinese government “a lethal tool for snuffing out the business interests of competitive American firms.”

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

• an article showcasing five “patent cases to watch in the second half of 2023”;
• a blog post summarizing comments made by Judge Newman in her recent Bloomberg Podcast appearance;
• a blog post about the Federal Anti-Impersonation Right, a newly proposed “federal right of publicity” that “would establish a minimum level of protection against the unauthorized commercial use of a person’s name, image, likeness, or other identifying aspects of their persona”; and
• an article discussing recent and upcoming Supreme Court decisions in intellectual property cases.

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

• a podcast episode discussing the ongoing investigation into Judge Newman’s fitness to serve as a judge;
• a blog post about the effects a recent Federal Circuit precedential opinion has on interference proceedings for post-America Invents Act patents; and
• an article about “evolving standards for stipulations to avoid discretionary denial” in inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

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

• an article discussing comments Judge Newman made in a recent interview regarding the ongoing dispute regarding her fitness to serve as a judge;
• an article covering statements made by Andrei Iancu, the former head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and former Federal Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Malley, who both recently joined Sullivan & Cromwell; and
• a blog post about how a recent Federal Circuit decision “zeroes in on the motivation-to-combine analysis” and allegedly provides more clarity on what makes a proper obviousness analysis as a whole.