FedCircuitBlog

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, four nonprecedential opinions, one nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal, one Rule 36 judgment, and one errata. The precedential opinion comes in an appeal of a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board discussing the standards to establish an injury in fact sufficient to confer standing to appeal. Two of the four nonprecedential opinions come in appeals of decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including one pro se appeal; another comes in an appeal of a decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; and the fourth comes in an appeal of a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissal, Rule 36 judgment, and errata.

Late Friday, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. This morning, the court released two nonprecedential opinions and another nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. One of the opinions comes in an appeal of a decision of the International Trade Commission; the other comes in an appeal of a decision of the Court of Federal Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.

Last month, the Federal Circuit issued its opinion in Apple Inc. v. International Trade Commission, a patent case we have been following because it attracted an amicus brief. In this case, Apple appealed from a limited exclusion order issued by the International Trade Commission barring the importation of Apple Watches found to infringe patents owned by Masimo Corporation and Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. In an opinion authored by Judge Stark and joined by Judges Lourie and Reyna, the Federal Circuit affirmed the judgment of the International Trade Commission. This is our summary of the opinion.

This morning the Federal Circuit released two precedential opinions. Both come in appeals of decisions of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and both address standing. Here are their introductions.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion and one nonprecedential opinion. The precedential opinion comes in comes in a patent case addressing inventorship. The nonprecedential comes in another patent case addressing anticipation and obviousness. Here are the introductions to the opinions.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning the court released a nonprecedential opinion in a patent case addressing infringement. Here is the introduction to the opinion and a link to the dismissal.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion and four nonprecedential opinions. The precedential opinion comes in an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and includes a dissenting opinion by Judge Dyk. Two of the nonprecedential opinions come in appeals of decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; one comes in a patent case on appeal from a district court; and the final nonprecedential opinion comes in an appeal of a decision of the Court of Federal Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to yesterday’s dismissals.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion. It comes in an appeal of a decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Here is the introduction to the opinion.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. This morning, the court released one nonprecedential opinion in an appeal of a decision of the merit Systems Protection Board. Here is the introduction to the opinion and links to the dismissals.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, one nonprecedential opinion, and one nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. The precedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Northern District of California; the nonprecedential opinion comes in an appeal of of a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an inter partes review proceeding. Here are introductions to the opinions and a link to the dismissal.