FedCircuitBlog

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

• an article reporting how “Congressional hearings scheduled for [last] Thursday to mark up several bills related to patents . . . have been postponed until after Election Day due to the Senate’s adjournment”;
• an article outlining “trends that practitioners, particularly litigators, would be wise to pay close attention to” related to eligibility and software patents; and
• a blog post reporting on the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s announcement that there was “a significant error in its patent term adjustment (PTA) calculations, potentially affecting patents issued between March 19, 2024, and July 30, 2024.”

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

• an article discussing Judge Newman’s suspension and a “report by Dr. Aaron G. Filler released Tuesday by Newman’s lawyers with the New Civil Liberties Alliance”;
• an article addressing the current state of software patent eligibility “since the Supreme Court’s seminal decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l“; and
• a blog post highlighting the Federal Circuit’s recent order granting a petition for en banc rehearing “focusing on the admissibility of expert testimony regarding patent damages.”

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

• a blog post reporting how the markup of three proposed bills to reform patent law was postponed from last Thursday to this Thursday; and
• an article discussing the announcement of a “new inventors’ rights group” called the “Inventors Defense Alliance,” which aims to help “startups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs defend their intellectual property rights and access capital.”

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

• an article highlighting how the Federal Circuit recently “vacated a decision axing a[] . . . drug patent based on an argument not presented at trial and chastised the federal judge in Delaware who issued it”;
• an article discussing how the Federal Circuit “reverse[d], in whole or in part, the PTAB only about 20% of the time” in July;
• an article explaining that in a recent opinion, the Federal Circuit “affirmed a district court’s decision to grant a motion to dismiss a patent infringement case . . . due to patent ineligibility” of “image tagging patents”; and
• a blog post explaining that the “Federal Circuit is set to hear oral arguments in . . . a case that could significantly impact Orange Book patent listing (and delisting) practices under the Hatch-Waxman Act.”

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

• a statement commenting on that the Senate Judiciary Committee’s “historic markup of three bipartisan, bicameral pro-patent bills” this Thursday;
• an article reporting that a bipartisan group of Representatives has recently “introduced the ‘Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2024’ (NO FAKES Act)” in the House of Representatives;
• an article highlighting 11 key patent cases to “look out for” this fall in both the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court.

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

• an article reporting on how the Federal Circuit extended the suspension of 97-year-old Judge Pauline Newman for another year, citing “serious concerns about Judge Newman’s cognitive state” and her refusal to comply with the ongoing fitness investigation;
• a blog post highlighting the possible impact of the bipartisan Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, introduced in Congress this term, on U.S. patent law; and
• an article discussing the evolving nature of standing in patent infringement cases in light of a recent Federal Court decision.

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

• an article discussing a recent Federal Circuit decision addressing expert testimony;
• an article addressing another recent Federal Circuit decision addressing the application of Supreme Court precedent on patent eligibility; and
• an article reporting on a Federal Circuit judge’s skepticism that a lower court incorrectly calculated damages in a copyright case.

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

• an article discussing a request for rehearing of a Federal Circuit decision finding “that Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions can render patent claims invalid in later U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proceedings”; and
• an article reporting on the Federal Circuit’s opinion affirming “most aspects of an obviousness ruling issued by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that invalidated radio communications patent claims owned by Philips.”

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

• an article discussing the Federal Circuit’s decision to reject Apple Inc.’s request to “expedite oral arguments in its appeal challenging” a decision of the U.S. International Trade Commission, which banned the sale of Apple Watches with a blood oxygen feature; and
• an article detailing how in a recent decision the Federal Circuit “sided with Apple Inc.,” ending a decade-long patent dispute brought by the University of Wisconsin’s patent licensing arm involving “several generations of allegedly infringing processors used in iPhones and iPads.”

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

• an article discussing the legal battle between Judge Newman and “her fellow judges on the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, who have tried to pressure her to step aside”;
• a blog post discussing a Federal Circuit opinion vacating an attorneys’ fees award in a patent case, an opinion authored by Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright, who sat by designation;
• an article reporting on amicus briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court “urging it to leave in place” a Federal Circuit decision regarding the application of the obviousness-type double patenting doctrine to patent term adjustments; and
• an article discussing a Federal Circuit opinion holding that patent law’s on-sale bar still applies to secret processes after the America Invents Act.