FedCircuitBlog

Here is an update on activity in cases pending before panels of the Federal Circuit where the cases involve at least one amicus brief. We keep track of these cases in the “Other Cases” section of our blog. With respect to these cases, since our last update we highlight five new opinions, four in patent cases and one in a government contract case; two new argument recaps, one in a trademark case and one in a trade case; and three new cases, one a design patent case and two utility patent cases. Here are the details.

Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit heard oral agreement in Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings, Inc. We have been following this case because it attracted an amicus brief. In it, the Federal Circuit is reviewing a judgment of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, which concluded that Rebecca Curtin is not entitled to challenge United Trademark Holding’s application to register the mark RAPUNZEL under a test known as the “zone of interests” framework. Federal Circuit Judges Taranto and Hughes and the Chief Judge of the Court of International Trade, Mark Barnett, who sat by designation, heard the oral argument. This is our argument recap.

This week is Court Week at the Federal Circuit. The court will convene 13 panels to consider 62 cases. Of the 62 cases, the court will hear oral argument in 45 cases. The Federal Circuit provides access to live audio of these arguments via the Federal Circuit’s YouTube channel. This month, three cases scheduled for oral argument attracted amicus briefs. One of these cases will be presented to the en banc court after the court granted en banc rehearing. Here’s what you need to know about these three cases that attracted amicus briefs.

As we highlighted on Monday, three cases being argued next month at the Federal Circuit attracted amicus briefs. One of these cases is Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings, Inc. In it, Rebecca Curtin appeals a judgment of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, which concluded that she is not entitled to oppose UTH’s application to register the mark RAPUNZEL under a test known as the zone of interests framework. This is our argument preview.