FedCircuitBlog

This morning the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders. Both orders are dismissals. Additionally, late in the day on Friday the Federal Circuit released an additional nonprecedential order vacating a panel opinion and, among other things, remanding the case to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here is the introduction to Friday’s nonprecedential order as well as links to the dismissals.

This morning the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion. The opinion vacates and remands an award of attorneys fees by the District of Colorado in a patent case. Here is the introduction to the opinion.

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:

• an article discussing a recent decision by the Federal Circuit addressing estoppel in inter partes review proceedings; and
• a blog post highlighting a view that the Federal Circuit has taken a “new approach to venue transfer petitions” in patent cases.

This morning the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential orders, all of which were dismissals. Here are links to the orders.

This morning the Federal Circuit released one nonprecedential opinion and nine nonprecedential orders. The opinion upheld a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Notably, one of the orders 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. Here are the introductions to the opinions and orders.

This morning the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, two nonprecedential opinions, and four nonprecedential orders, which were all dismissals. The precedential opinion comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. In this case, the Federal Circuit vacated the judgment and remanded the case to the Veterans Court. The first nonprecedential opinion comes in an appeal from a decision denying a petition under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The second nonprecedential opinion comes in an appeal from a district court, which found that a patent claim is invalid based on indefiniteness. Here are introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.

This morning the Federal Circuit released six nonprecedential orders, all of which were dismissals. Here are links to these orders.

This morning the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion and and two nonprecedential opinions. The precedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In this case, the Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal given its finding that the appellant failed to prove standing. The first nonprecedential opinion comes in an appeal from a decision of an arbitrator in a case in which a former employee of the Federal Bureau of Prisons challenged his removal. The second nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions.

This morning the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions and an erratum. The first nonprecedential opinion comes in a trade case appealed from the Court of International Trade. The second comes in a patent case appealed from the Central District of California. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the erratum.

Last week, the Federal Circuit heard oral argument in Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., a patent case that attracted an amicus brief. In this case the Federal Circuit is reviewing a district court’s order denying an anti-suit injunction. Judges Lourie, Prost, and Reyna heard the argument. This is our argument recap.