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Recent News on the Federal Circuit

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:

  • an article discussing how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office “introduced new production goals for judges on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, asking them to publish decisions on appeals of denied patent applications within 12 months and issue more rulings each month”;
  • a report noting the Federal Circuit “dismissed a legal claim against the NFL’s New Orleans Saints from a man who says he is the ‘direct descendant of the Kings of France’ over the trademark of the flour-de-lis symbol”;
  • a piece reporting that Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, posted on X “delete all IP law”;
  • a blog post criticizing a recent Federal Circuit decision’s use of “the increasingly fictional construct at the center of patent law: the Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (PHOSITA)”; and
  • an article covering how the Patent and Trademark Office recently “announced a new working group dedicated to broadening the Office’s efforts to mitigate common threats to the U.S. patent system.”
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Opinions

Opinions & Orders – April 14, 2025

This morning, the Federal Circuit released four nonprecedential opinions and one summary affirmance. Of the nonprecedential opinions, two come in trademark cases on appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, while the other two come in pro se cases. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the summary affirmance. 

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Opinions

Opinions & Orders – December 19, 2024

This morning the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential opinions and six nonprecedential orders. The first opinion comes in a patent case appealed from a district court. Notably, Judge Bryson concurred in part and dissented in part. The other two opinions come in veterans cases. One of the orders comes in a pro se appeal, while all the other orders dismiss cases. Here are the introductions to the opinions and first order and links to the dismissals.

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