FedCircuitBlog

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. With respect to granted cases, there is no new activity to report. With respect to petitions, new petitions were filed in two patent cases. The court also received a waiver of the right to respond to one of the petitions in those patent cases, a brief in opposition to a petition in another patent case, and three new amicus briefs in support of the petitioner in yet another patent case. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity in patent cases at the Federal Circuit. Highlights include two new petitions raising questions concerning public disclosures under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and issue preclusion. The court also denied two petitions. One raised a question related to the relationship of claim construction and unpatentability arguments in inter partes review proceedings. The other raised questions related to means-plus-function claims and patent eligibility. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity in patent cases at the Federal Circuit. Highlights include new petitions filed in cases raising questions about means-plus-function claims, patent eligibility, and attorneys’ fees. The court also denied a petition for en banc rehearing in a patent case raising questions about damages, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b), and procedure. Here are the details.

This morning the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions and one nonprecedential order. The first opinion affirms a judgment of a district court in a patent infringement case. The second affirms another judgment of a district court in another patent infringement case. The order is a dismissal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the order.