FedCircuitBlog

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. Highlights include the filing of an opening en banc brief in an en banc case reconsidering the longstanding test governing design patent obviousness and the denial of a petition raising questions related to obviousness.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. Highlights include a new petition presenting a question related to indirect infringement and a response brief addressing obviousness. Here are the details.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released a precedential opinion in a patent case. In it, the court reversed a district court’s dismissal of a claim based on claim preclusion. Here is the introduction to the opinion.