FedCircuitBlog

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. With respect to granted petitions, the Supreme Court recently heard oral argument and issued opinions, respectively, in two cases decided by the Federal Circuit. With respect to pending petitions, three new petitions have been filed in two patent cases and a pro se case, a brief in opposition and a reply brief was filed in case raising a question related to certification of questions of law, and another reply brief was filed in support of a petition in a patent case. Finally, since our last update the Court has denied two petitions, one raising questions related to recusal and the other raising a question related to patent infringement. Here are the details.

This morning the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions and an erratum. The first nonprecedential opinion comes in a case decided by the Court of Federal Claims involving a challenge to a decision of the Board for Correction of Naval Records. The second nonprecedential opinion comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the erratum.