FedCircuitBlog

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning the court released seven nonprecedential opinions. Four come in patent cases appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; one comes in response to a petition for review of a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board; one comes in a patent case appealed from the Southern District of California; and one comes in a case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions as well as a link to the dismissal.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential opinion in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board addressing untimeliness of a petition for review. Late yesterday and this morning, the court also released four nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. Here is the introduction to the opinion and links to the orders.

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:

• an article about the disagreement between the Fifth Circuit and Federal Circuit over jurisdiction regarding “cases involving the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust law”;
• another article about the Federal Circuit’s application of assignor estoppel in patent cases after the Supreme Court’s recent decision on point; and
• a third article about a “rar[e] oil and gas production and oilfield services” patent infringement suit.