Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, in turn, the court released five nonprecedential opinions, four in patent cases and one in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. The court also released three nonprecedential orders granting summary affirmances under Rule 36 and another nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the summary affirmances and dismissals.
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 a comment on confidence in the U.S. patent system, a question about Rule 36 summary affirmances by the Federal Circuit, and an article on the Federal Circuit setting aside a district court ruling that Facebook did not infringe in Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC v. Facebook, Inc.
Today’s Opinions – January 23, 2020
This morning the Federal Circuit issued one nonprecedential opinion in a patent case. Here is the introduction.