FedCircuitBlog

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today we highlight:

• an article arguing that, “[a]s state ‘anti-troll’ statutes become more commonly used in patent disputes, courts need a jurisdictional rule that is clear and respects the difference between federal patent cases and state-law cases that simply have patents in them”;
• a blog post covering how a recent Federal Circuit’s holding regarding the court’s jurisdiction “may run well beyond its modest-looking facts”;
• a blog post reporting how the “full Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously advanced the ‘Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2026’ (NO FAKES Act)”; and
• an article highlighting how in a case decided by the Eleventh Circuit to be argued this fall the Supreme Court “will shed new light and legalities on whether military veterans can bypass the Department of Veterans Affairs . . . when filing legal challenges for benefits.”

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion and one nonprecedential opinion. The precedential opinion comes in a trade secret case appealed from the District of Massachusetts. In this case, the majority found the statute of limitations expired. Notably, Judge Prost dissented, taking the position that the panel should not have reversed the jury’s conclusion “that none of the misappropriated trade secrets were time-barred.” The nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions.

This morning the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion reversing a district court in a trade secrets case. The district court had granted a preliminary injunction. Here is the introduction to the opinion.