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

• an article about Judge Newman’s comment that “it’s time to reevaluate the America Invents Act, the landmark 2011 law that created new procedures for filing and challenging patents”;
• an article commenting on how Judge Newman “is considering an invitation to sit by designation in district court and oversee a trial after nearly four decades as an appellate judge”; and
• a blog post discussing “[t]he Federal Circuit’s new Finjan decision . . . focus[ing] attention on … patent law’s . . . ‘indefinite article shuffle.’”

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 response to her suspension from serving on the bench, specifically that “she’s prepared to fight the decision for as long as it takes”;
• an article about the “oral arguments in . . . an appeal following the massive $2.175 billion damages verdict handed by a Western Texas jury in March 2021 to VLSI for Intel’s infringement of two computer processor patents”; and
• a blog post commenting on an opinion providing “useful guidance for [patent] prosecutors on motivation to combine and means-plus-function claims.”

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 “high-stakes patent dispute between VirnetX and Apple” highlighting “VirnetX’s new petition asking the Supreme Court to review two important Federal Circuit rulings”; and
• an article discussing how the U.S. Supreme Court “declined to rethink the court’s Alice and Mayo rulings on patent eligibility.”

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

• an article discussing “what the patent eligibility restoration act means for artificial intelligence inventions”;
• an article highlighting the upcoming oral argument in “a highly anticipated appeal that is expected to center on how courts come up with damages” in a case involving a “whopping $2.175 billion verdict”;
• an article discussing a “debate over aging Judges’ lifetime tenure,” a debate that has come into focus in light of “the recent sanction and suspension of Pauline Newman, the nation’s oldest active federal judge”; and
• an article summarizing how “Greece’s air force urged the Federal Circuit to revive its $23 million breach of contract lawsuit against the U.S. government over an arms deal for military surveillance equipment.”

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

• an ABC News article discussing why Judge Newman “was barred from hearing cases for at least a year”;
• a CBS News article discussing how Judge Newman “was suspended from hearing cases for one year after she refused to undergo medical examinations and turn over medical records”;
• a Law 360 article highlighting how some are calling Judge Newman’s suspension “an unfortunate outcome in a difficult case”; and
• an “Open Letter to Circuit Judges on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit” authored by Randall R. Rader, former Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit.

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

• an article from the Washington Post about Judge Newman’s suspension; and
• a similar article from the New York Times discussing “[t]he order suspending Judge Newman for one year.”

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

• an article discussing how a “trio of amicus briefs Thursday threw support behind a cert petition filed last month” seeking to reverse the Federal Circuit’s decision in Intel Corp. v. Vidal, a patent case.
• an article highlighting Federal Circuit Judge Newman’s appearance at a “conference on Friday to urge more scrutiny into how patent law could affect the development of vaccines and other groundbreaking technologies”; and
• an article noting how amicus briefs were recently filed at the Supreme Court in a trademark case decided by the Federal Circuit.

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 a “former Federal Circuit Judge predicts shake-up on” the Federal Circuit;
• an article discussing “the pending ‘Vidal v. Elster‘ Supreme Court case and whether a provision of the Lanham Act violates the First Amendment by barring registration of a trademark that contains criticism of a government official or public figure”; and
• an article analyzing a petition to the Supreme Court arguing that “the Federal Circuit failed to use the Supreme Court’s two-step” test for patent eligibility in ChromaDex Inc. v. Elysium Health Inc.

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 new report on Federal Circuit Judge Newman’s health;
• another article highlighting a Supreme Court petition urging review of the Federal Circuit’s decision in Personalized Media Communications v. Apple; and
• a third article about a recent decision from the Federal Circuit “affirm[ing] a Texas federal judge’s decision canceling patent claims” asserted “in lawsuits targeting dating app maker Bumble Trading LLC and several other tech firms.”

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 judges investigating Judge Newman’s fitness asked “a Washington, D.C. federal court late on Friday to dismiss Newman’s lawsuit challenging the unusual probe”;
• an article discussing the argument by the special committee investigating Judge Newman that “the internal actions of the three-judge special committee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit aren’t subject to judicial review”;
• an analysis of pending legislation entitled the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, which according to former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel “would overturn Supreme Court and Federal Circuit decisions that scrambled settled law, excluding many worthy classes of inventions, such as medical diagnostic methods and advanced computer applications”; and
• a blog post taking the position “that gen-AI tools will face high patent eligibility obstacles absent inclusion of strong technical implementation details placed at least within the specification, but more likely within the claims themselves.”