FedCircuitBlog

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. Highlights include new petitions filed in thirteen cases raising questions related to the Appointments Clause, venue, and claim construction and the denial of six petitions raising questions related to non-obviousness, anticipation, inherency, procedure, the statutory experimental use exception, and the Appointments Clause. Here are the details.

This morning the Federal Circuit issued one nonprecedential opinion in a veterans case, one nonprecedential erratum, and three Rule 36 judgments. Here is the introduction to the opinion, the text of the erratum, and a list of the Rule 36 judgments.

Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights a note on the USPTO urging en banc review in Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, an article weighing in on a recent dissent by Judge Newman to a denial of en banc rehearing, a discussion of a request for attorneys’ fees by Microsoft in an appeal against Uniloc 2017, and a comment on the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in a life sciences case.

This morning the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential opinion in an employment case, as well as two Rule 36 summary affirmances. Here is the introduction to the opinion and a list of the Rule 36 judgments.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases, including a new petition related to patent eligibility and four denials of recent petitions.