FedCircuitBlog

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

• an article identifying the “top issues for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2022”;
• another article providing a 2021 “review: trademarks, copyrights and patents”; and
• a third article discussing how the Federal Circuit recently ruled “that retired military members count as civilians for service on the Board for Correction of Naval Records.”

This morning the Federal Circuit issued three precedential opinions. The first comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; the second comes in a takings case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims; and the third comes in a military discharge case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. The Court also issued five nonprecedential opinions in various cases appealed from the Court of Federal Claims, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions.