FedCircuitBlog

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals from decisions of the Merit System Protection Board and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. This morning, the Federal Circuit released an errata for a patent case decided in April. Here are links to the dismissals and errata.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing a patent case appealed from the District of Delaware. This morning, the Federal Circuit released another nonprecedential order dismissing a patent case, this one appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here are links to both dismissals.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one nonprecedential opinion in a case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. In its opinion, the Federal Circuit explained that the Veterans Court had legally erred with respect to its denial of attorney’s fees. Notably, Judge Reyna dissented. Here is the introduction to the majority opinion along with Judge Reyna’s dissent.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released a precedential opinion in a patent case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The Federal Circuit also released nonprecedential opinions in three other patent cases, two in cases appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and one in a case appealed from the Southern District of Ohio. Finally, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal from a judgment of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions, along with a link to the dismissal.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders vacating and remanding cases decided by the Merit Systems Protection Board. This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion in a case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The court also released three nonprecedential opinions. Two came in patent cases appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Northern District of California. The third came in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions and orders.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal from the Court of International Trade. This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders. The first dismisses an appeal from the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, while the second transfers a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board to the District of Maryland. Here is the introduction to the order dismissing the appeal from the the Board of Veterans’ Appeals and links to the transfer and dismissal.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released four nonprecedential opinions, two in patent cases, one appealed from the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, and one appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. The Federal Circuit also released two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals in one MSPB case and one patent case. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions, one in a patent case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and one in a federal personnel case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. The Federal Circuit also released two nonprecedential orders. One denies a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to order the Western District of Texas to transfer a patent case to the Northern District of California, and the other transfers a case to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Here are the introductions to the opinions and the first order and a link to the second order.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions. One of the opinions came in a government contract case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. The other opinion came in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. The Federal Circuit also released two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.

On June 4, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Moderna, Inc., a patent case we have been watching because it attracted an amicus brief. In it, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals appealed a judgment of a district court based on the argument that the court made an error in claim construction. Judge Taranto authored the opinion for the panel. Joined by Judges Chen and Hughes, the opinion explains why the Federal Circuit found no error in the district court’s claim construction and affirmed the district court’s judgment. This is our opinion summary.