Opinions

Opinions & Orders – June 25, 2024

This morning the Federal Circuit released two precedential opinions and ten nonprecedential orders. The first opinion reverses and remands a government contract case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. The second opinion reverses a judgment of the District of Delaware in a patent case. As for the orders, one remands a case back to the Merit Systems Protection Board, four are denials of petitions, and five are dismissals. Here are the introductions to the opinions, the introduction to the first order, and links to the remaining orders.

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Opinions

Opinions & Orders – October 20, 2023

This morning, the Federal Circuit released five nonprecedential opinions and four nonprecedential orders. Two opinions address appeals from inter partes reexaminations before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Each of those appeals had a corresponding related appeal, which was subsequently dismissed as moot in a corresponding nonprecedential opinion. Finally, the fifth nonprecedential opinion addresses an appeal regarding veterans’ disability benefits. The first nonprecedential order summarily affirms a judgment, another transfers an appeal to a district court, and the final two are dismissals. Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit also released one nonprecedential order dismissing appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions, text from the orders, and links to the dismissals.

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