FedCircuitBlog

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today we highlight:

• an article highlighting how the “U.S. Patent and Trademark Office urged the Federal Circuit on Friday to reject allegations that its handling of policies governing Fintiv-based discretionary denials violates due process”;
• a blog post discussing how the Federal Circuit “reversed a $106 million jury verdict” in “a decision that broadens the reach of prosecution history estoppel (and thus limits doctrine of equivalents)”; and
• an article suggesting that the Federal Circuit “took an important initial step toward recalibration” when it “mandated the retrial of a $20 million damages ruling in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC.“

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released s nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the Federal Circuit released s precedential opinion in a patent infringement case appealed from the Central District of California. The Federal Circuit also released two nonprecedential opinions, one in a case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and one in a case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. Finally, the Federal Circuit released four nonprecedential orders, two denying petitions for writs of mandamus, one remanding a settled case, and one dismissing an appeal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and orders and links to the dismissals.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one nonprecedential opinion and three nonprecedential orders. The opinion addresses an appeal from a judgment of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and attends to arguments related to claim construction and the determination of analogous art for purposes of a nonobviousness analysis. The orders are dismissals. Here is the introduction to the opinion and links to the orders.