Opinions

Opinions & Orders – January 14, 2022

This morning the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in patent case appealed from the District of California. The opinion reverses a grant of summary judgment of non-infringement based on the Federal Circuit’s claim construction. The Federal Circuit also issued a nonprecedential order denying a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to overrule the District of New Jersey’s decision to transfer a patent case to the Western District of Texas . Finally, the Federal Circuit issued a Rule 36 judgment. Here are the introductions to the opinion and order as well as a link to the Rule 36 judgment.

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Opinions & Orders – January 13, 2022

This morning the Federal Circuit issued two nonprecedential opinions in cases appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. The first opinion affirms a dismissal by the Court of Federal Claims for failure to prosecute, and the second affirms a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction and failure to prosecute. The court also issued two Rule 36 judgments and one erratum. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the Rule 36 judgments and erratum.

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Opinions & Orders – January 12, 2022

This morning the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential opinion in a patent case appealed from the Eastern District of Texas. The opinion addresses the district court’s award of damages for breach of contract claims in a patent infringement case. Here is the introduction to the opinion.

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Opinions & Orders – January 11, 2022

This morning the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The opinion affirms the denial of a 100% disability rating. The Federal Circuit also issued two Rule 36 judgments. Here is the introduction to the opinion and links to the Rule 36 judgments.

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Opinions & Orders – January 10, 2022

This morning the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential opinion in a trade case appealed from the Court of International Trade. The opinion affirms the Court of International Trade’s calculation of an antidumping duty rate. Here is the introduction to the opinion.

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Opinions & Orders – January 7, 2022

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

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Opinions & Orders – January 6, 2022

This morning the Federal Circuit issued a Rule 36 judgment in a case appealed from the Northern District of California. Here is the link to the Rule 36 judgment.

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Opinions & Orders – January 5, 2022

This morning the Federal Circuit issued two precedential opinions in cases appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. The first opinion comes in a case addressing whether a petitioner could recover for injuries occurring after a vaccination. The second opinion comes in a tax refund suit and addresses the subject matter jurisdiction of the Court of Federal Claims and the timeliness of the suit. Here are the introductions to the opinions.

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Opinions & Orders – January 4, 2022

This morning the Federal Circuit issued two Rule 36 judgments. The court also issued an erratum for the precedential opinion the court released yesterday. Here are the links to the Rule 36 judgments and the erratum.   

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Opinions & Orders – January 3, 2022

This morning the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in a patent case appealed from the District of Delaware. The opinion addresses whether the district court erred in finding that a patent did not fail patent law’s written description requirement. Notably, Chief Judge Moore filed a dissenting opinion. Here are the introductions to the opinion and dissent.

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