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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 the Supreme Court’s denial of a petition “to review a February ruling . . . that held claims of ChromaDex, Inc.’s patent on an isolated form of vitamin B3 are directed to unpatentable subject matter under Section 101”;
• an article discussing how the Federal Circuit “vacated a $4.6 million award for lost profits” in a patent case; and
• an article highlighting a recent “fight over words” at the Federal Circuit in another patent case.

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.”