Opinions

Opinions & Orders – September 11, 2026

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion, four nonprecedential opinions, and three Rule 36 summary affirmances. The precedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. One of the nonprecedential opinions comes in another patent case appealed from the District of Delaware. Notably, Judge Subramanian, sitting by designation, dissented. Another of the nonprecedential opinions comes in an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; one comes in an appeal from the Court of Federal Claims; and one comes in an appeal from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions along with links to the orders.

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Opinions & Orders – September 10, 2026

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, four nonprecedential opinions, and one Rule 36 summary affirmance. The precedential opinion comes in a trade secret case appealed from the Eastern District of Michigan. Two of the nonprecedential opinions come in cases involving the Merit Systems Protection Board, one comes in a patent case appealed from the Eastern District of Virginia, and the other comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions as well as a link to the summary affirmance.

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Opinions & Orders – September 9, 2026

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released one nonprecedential opinion, one nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal, and one Rule 36 summary affirmance. The opinion comes in a case appealing a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here is the introduction to the opinion as well as links to the summary affirmance and dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – September 8, 2026

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, one nonprecedential opinion, and one errata. The precedential opinion comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Northern District of California. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the errata.

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Opinions & Orders – September 4, 2026

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing a petition. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion and three nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. The opinion comes in a government contract case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. Here is the introduction to the opinion as well as links to the orders.

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Opinion Summary – Jacki Easlick, LLC v. Accencyc US

Last month the Federal Circuit issued its opinion in Jacki Easlick, LLC v. Accencyc US, a design patent case we have been following because it attracted an amicus brief. In this case, Jacki Easlick, LLC and JE Corporate, LLC appealed a district court’s denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction as well as a denial of a subsequent motion for reconsideration. In an opinion authored by Judge Prost and joined by Judges Dyk and Schall, the court affirmed the lower court. This is our summary of the opinion.

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Opinions & Orders – September 3, 2026

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential and one nonprecedential opinion. The precedential opinion comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Eastern District of New York. Here are the introductions to the opinions.

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Opinions & Orders – September 2, 2026

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders, one dismissing an appeal and the other dismissing a petition. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion, three nonprecedential opinions, and two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. All four opinions come in patent cases appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; three involve the same parties. Here are the introductions to the opinions as well as links to the orders.

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Opinions & Orders – September 1, 2026

This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders dismissing petitions. Here are links to the dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – August 31, 2026

This morning, the Federal Circuit released five precedential opinions, three nonprecedential opinions, and one nonprecedential order. Two of the precedential opinions come in tax cases appealed from the Court of Federal Claims and address whether bilateral tax treaties relieve U.S. taxpayers from double taxation with respect to the net investment income tax. Two other precedential opinions come in patent cases, one appealed from the Eastern District of Texas and the other from the District of Delaware. The fifth precedential opinion comes in an appeal from a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board. As for the nonprecedential opinions, two come in related patent cases appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board involving the same parties, and the third comes in another patent case appealed from the Eastern District of Texas. The order dismisses an appeal from the Court of Federal Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the order.

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