FedCircuitBlog

This morning, the Federal Circuit released six nonprecedential orders. Three grant summary affirmance in cases appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board and three dismissal appeals. Here are the introductions to the summary affirmances and links to the dismissals.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion and one nonprecedential order. The opinion addresses a suit against the government in which a lumber company sought compensation for an alleged taking arising from operation of the so-called Trails Act. The order dismisses an appeal from the Court of Federal Claims. Late Friday, the Federal Circuit also released another nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal from a Texas district court. Here is the introduction to the opinion and links to the dismissals.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order. The order denies a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to direct a district court to either dismiss a case for improper venue or transfer to another court. Here is the introduction to the order.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential opinion addressing an appeal from a judgment of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board holding claims unpatentable as obvious. Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit also released an order granting an unopposed motion to remand a case to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinion and order.

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

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

Today, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential opinion and a nonprecedential order. The opinion addresses an appeal in a patent case in which a district court found patent claims invalid as indefinite. The order denies a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to order a judge of the International Trade Commission to vacate an order preventing a witness from testifying. Here are the introductions to the opinion and the order.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential opinion addressing a patent infringement case appealed from a district court. Here is the introduction to the opinion.

Today, the Federal Circuit released two precedential opinions and one nonprecedential opinion. One precedential opinion addresses an appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims and includes a dissent from the now-suspended Judge Newman. Another precedential opinion addresses a challenge to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s findings related to motivation to combine and reasonable expectation of success related to non-obviousness. Finally, the nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case reverses and remands after finding abuse of discretion by a district court. Here are the introductions to the opinions.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, two nonprecedential opinions, and one nonprecedential order. The precedential opinion comes in a patent case and addresses an appeal from a district court’s judgment that claims are invalid for lack of enablement. One of the two nonprecedential opinions stems from another patent case where the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found numerous claims unpatentable. The second nonprecedential opinion addresses an appeal from a judgment of the Merit Systems Protection Board. The order dismisses an appeal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the order.