FedCircuitBlog

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

• an article about the changing burdens in computer software copyrightability;
• a blog post about potential ethical dilemmas artificial intelligence presents to patent attorneys; and
• an article about a petition for certiorari that “outlined a confusing procedural history that arguably mirrors the broader confusion over Section 101.”

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 the Federal Circuit’s investigation into Judge Newman’s health “faces an uncertain path . . . since the process is rarely invoked and presents legal questions that haven’t been tested in court”;
• a second article about the standard for inter partes review estoppel;
• a third article about a Delaware court ruling “that a patent covering a way of designing virtual environments reflected ‘a non-abstract technological improvement.’”

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

• an article about an “appeal seeking to revive a patent covering [a] Parkinson’s disease drug Neupro”; and
• another article discussing how four law professors argue the “Supreme Court should weigh in on whether artificial intelligence systems can produce patentable inventions.”

Late Wednesday, IPWatchdog’s Gene Quinn reported that Chief Judge Moore has filed a document identified as a “judicial complaint” under the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act concerning Judge Newman. Quinn reports the document indicates Chief Judge Moore has “concern about Judge Newman’s overall ability to serve.” Late last night, Bloomberg Law’s Riddhi Setty and Michael Shapiro confirmed IPWatchdog’s report, noting some attorneys and legal academics commented that Chief Judge Moore’s allegations are “unprecedented.” Here are links to the two reports.

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

• an article about the Federal Circuit affirming a holding that “lens and filter features aren’t eligible for patent protection”;
• another article about the Federal Circuit “hand[ing] Moderna Inc a win” in a patent dispute related to “Moderna’s blockbuster COVID-19 vaccines”; and
• a blog post about “the Federal Circuit . . . interpret[ing] the claim term ‘a.’”

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

• a blog post discussing a recent Federal Circuit opinion addressing copyright law; and
• another blog post identifying “many improvements to [the] drafting and prosecuting of patent applications [that] can be made by both the applicants and examiners to provide more certainty to the validity of issued patents.”

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

• an article about the Federal Circuit finding that “Apple can’t reach back through history and apply the Beatles’ Apple Corps mark . . . to protect a broad category of live events and recordings”; and
• another article about how “[t]he Federal Circuit has clarified how courts should determine when accused patent infringers are barred from making invalidity arguments they didn’t include in an earlier [inter partes review] challenge.”

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

• an article about the recent Federal Circuit decision that “vacated a $576 million judgment against Apple”; and
• a blog post about the Solicitor General’s recent “amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court advising it to grant Teva Pharmaceuticals’ petition for writ of certiorari.”

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 the oral argument in the Supreme Court case Amgen v. Sanofi;
• an article about “Centripetal Networks LLC urg[ing] the Federal Circuit to stop a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal’s validity review of a patent that was part of a wiped-out $1.9 billion verdict against Cisco Systems Inc.”; and
• another article about “the U.S. Supreme Court quickly pass[ing] on the opportunity to look at the Federal Circuit’s use of one-sentence Rule 36 rulings.”

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

• an article about a Supreme Court petition asking the Court “to weigh whether former Commissioner of Patents . . . had the power to reject a request for director review”;
• another article about another petition filed with the Supreme Court asking it “to review a Federal Circuit decision affirming the partial invalidation of a footwear stitching patent challenged by rival Adidas AG”; and
• a blog post commenting on “AI tools creating inventive output.”