FedCircuitBlog

This month we highlight three papers exploring research related to the Federal Circuit.

• Eligible Subject Matter at the Patent Office: An Empirical Study of the Influence of Alice on Patent Examiners and Patent Applicants by Professors Jay P. Kesan and Runhua Wang
• Law, Fact, and Patent Validity by Professor Paul R. Gugliuzza
• Year in Review: The Federal Circuit’s 2019 Government Contract Law Decisions by Nathaniel Castellano

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. In Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., the Supreme Court vacated a judgment of the Federal Circuit, holding unanimously that trademark owners do not have to show an infringer’s willfulness as a precondition to a profits award. In an April report, Adjusting to Alice, the USPTO claims that the guidance it provided after the Alice decision decreased the unpredictability of patent examination. On Law.com, Scott Graham suggests that the Federal Circuit could soon reconsider its decision in Arista Networks v. Cisco Systems.

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases, including an article highlighting a recent case addressing a question of first impression, a commentary on the current stage of patent eligibility law, and a blog post related to a recent petition for certiorari.

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases, including two articles related to patent eligibility and another related to the Federal Circuit’s use of summary affirmances.