FedCircuitBlog

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.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential and one nonprecedential opinion.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 The nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Eastern District of New York.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.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders, one dismissing an appeal and the other dismissing a petition. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion, three nonprecedential opinions, and two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals.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.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders dismissing petitions.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

This morning, the Federal Circuit released five precedential opinions, three nonprecedential opinions, and one nonprecedential order.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 As for the nonprecedential opinions, two come in related patent cases appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board involving the same parties, and the third comes in another patent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.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released two precedential opinions and two nonprecedential orders. Both opinions come in patent cases appealed from the Eastern District of Texas. One affirms a dismissal on both venue and eligibility grounds. The other finds the court lacks jurisdiction over a settlement agreement dispute and transfers the case to the Fifth Circuit. One of today’s orders effectuates the transfer, and the other lifts a stay and partially dismisses consolidated appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions along with links to the orders.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released four nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. This morning, the court released three nonprecedential opinions and four nonprecedential orders. Two of the opinions come in related patent cases appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board involving the same parties, Apple Inc. and Smart Mobile Technologies LLC. The other opinion comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. As for today’s orders, one dismisses an appeal from the Court of Federal Claims for lack of jurisdiction, one remands a patent case from the District of Delaware following the parties’ settlement, one dismisses appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board by agreement of the parties, and one transfers a Merit Systems Protection Board petition to the Eastern District of Arkansas. Here are the introductions to the opinions as well as links to the orders.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions and four nonprecedential orders. One of the nonprecedential opinions comes in a trade case appealed from the Court of International Trade involving the scope of an antidumping duty order on certain artist canvas from China. The other nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Two of the nonprecedential orders summarily affirm judgments of the Court of Federal Claims—one in a case involving tort claims dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and another in a case involving mortgage-related claims barred under 28 U.S.C. § 1500. The third order dismisses a veterans case as untimely. Finally, the fourth order grants a joint stipulation to voluntarily dismiss a patent case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions and orders.

The Federal Circuit did not release any opinions or orders this morning on its website.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential opinion in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board, as well as two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. Here is the introduction to the opinion along with links to the dismissals.