FedCircuitBlog

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This morning the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential opinion in an employment case, as well as two Rule 36 summary affirmances.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.