FedCircuitBlog

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. In the only pending case, a patent case addressing inducement of infringement and so-called skinny-labeling, the respondent’s merits brief was filed. As for pending petitions, since our last update, two new petitions were filed in a patent case and a pro se case; a waiver of the right to respond to a petition was filed in another pro se case; and the Supreme Court denied petitions in a case addressing sanctions and two pro se cases. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. As for pending cases, since our last update the Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit in President Trump’s tariffs case; a petitioner filed its opening merits brief in a patent case; and an amicus brief supporting the petitioner was filed in the same patent case. As for pending petitions, since our last update one new petition was filed in a patent case; a waiver of the right to respond to a petition was filed in a pro se case; a brief in opposition to a petition was filed in a patent case; a reply brief in support of a petition was filed in a patent case; six amicus briefs supporting the petitioner were filed in a takings case; and the Supreme Court denied petitions in two patent cases and three pro se cases. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. Since our last update, there has been no new activity at the Supreme Court in the two pending cases decided by the Federal Circuit. As for petitions, new petitions were filed in a takings case, a case addressing sanctions, and a pro se case. The Supreme Court also denied petitions in a veterans case, a case addressing the Quiet Title Act, and four pro se cases. Here are the details.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. This morning, the court released three nonprecedential opinions in three other patent cases appealed from the PTAB. The Federal Circuit also released a Rule 36 summary affirmance in another patent case and two additional nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the Rule 36 judgment and dismissals.