FedCircuitBlog

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released one nonprecedential order granting an agreed motion to dismiss. This morning, the court released six nonprecedential opinions, three Rule 36 summary affirmances, and one nonprecedential order. Four of the opinions come in cases appealed from the Court of Federal Claims: a forfeiture case, an Indian Tucker Act case, a tax refund case, and a case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction; one comes in a restoration rights case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board; and the other comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Today’s order also grants an agreed motion to dismiss. Here are the introductions to the opinions, along with links to the summary affirmances and the agreed dismissals.  

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, four nonprecedential opinions, three Rule 36 summary affirmances, and one nonprecedential order. The precedential opinion comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. As for the nonprecedential opinions: two come in cases appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board, one involving a whistleblower claim and the other a retirement annuity claim; one comes in a government contract case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims; and one comes in another veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Today’s order dismisses an appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions, along with links to the summary affirmances and the dismissal.

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. There are currently no cases pending before the Supreme Court that were previously decided by the Federal Circuit. As for petitions, since our last update, one new petition was filed in a pro se case; three waivers of the right to respond to petitions were filed, two in a patent case and one in a pro se case; one brief in opposition was filed in a patent case; a reply brief in support of a petition was filed in a patent case; and one amicus brief was filed in a patent case. Here are the details.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders, both dismissing cases. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion, one nonprecedential opinion, and four nonprecedential orders. The precedential opinion comes in a takings case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. The nonprecedential opinion comes in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. As for today’s orders, one denies petitions for writs of mandamus in a patent case, one dismisses an appeal subject to reinstatement if a licensed attorney appears on behalf of the appellant and moves for reconsideration of the dismissal, and the other two dismiss appeals. Here are the introductions to today’s opinions and substantive orders, along with links to the dismissals.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released four nonprecedential orders dismissing cases. This morning, the court released two nonprecedential opinions. One comes in a patent case appealed from the Southern District of California, and the other comes in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions along with links to the dismissals.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential opinions, two dismissals, and one Rule 36 summary affirmance. One of the opinions comes in a case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims, one comes in a case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and one comes in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions along with links to the dismissals and summary affirmance.

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. There are currently no cases pending before the Supreme Court that were previously decided by the Federal Circuit. As for petitions, since our last update, two new petitions were filed in a case raising a question related to appellate procedure and a pro se case; four waivers of the right to respond to petitions were filed in four pro se cases; two briefs in opposition were filed in patent cases raising questions related to inter partes review proceedings; one reply brief in support of a petition was filed in another patent case raising questions related to inter partes review proceedings; one supplemental brief was filed in a pro se case; and one amicus brief was filed in another patent case raising questions related to eligibility. Here are the details.

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

• an article discussing how the Federal Circuit recently issued an opinion “affirming a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that granted Google LLC and YouTube LLC judgment on the pleadings on patent ineligibility grounds”;
• an article reporting how the Federal Circuit recently held that the “Patent Trial and Appeal Board was right to fully invalidate a speech recognition patent that Apple stands accused of infringing”;
• an article noting how the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal because “the 30-day deadline of 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a) for filing a notice of appeal is ‘mandatory and jurisdictional’ with no equitable exceptions”; and
• an article highlighting how the Federal Circuit recently “reversed the Merit Systems Protection Board’s dismissal” of a Presidential Innovation Fellow’s “whistleblower appeal . . . , finding he had made sufficient allegations of gross mismanagement to establish jurisdiction.”

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion and four nonprecedential orders. The opinion comes in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. As for the orders, one concerns a petition for a writ of mandamus to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, two are summary affirmances of decisions of the Court of Federal Claims, and the other transfers a case to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Here are the introductions.

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion, one nonprecedential opinion, and three nonprecedential orders. The precedential opinion comes in an antidumping case appealed from the Court of International Trade. The nonprecedential opinion comes in a case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims concerning breach of contract and employment claims. As for the orders, one transfers a case to the Southern District of Ohio, and the other two dismiss an appeal and a petition. Here are the introductions to the opinions and the transfer order as well as links to the dismissals.