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This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions and one nonprecedential order. The first nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case and the second nonprecedential opinion appeals a final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board. The nonprecedential order is a dismissal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the dismissal.

This morning the Federal Circuit released two precedential opinions, two nonprecedential opinions, and one nonprecedential order. The first precedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the District of Connecticut, while the second precedential opinion comes in a trade case appealed from the Court of International Trade. Both nonprecedential opinions affirm orders of the Merit Systems Protection Board. The nonprecedential order comes in a patent case involving a joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and text from the order.

This morning the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion and three nonprecedential orders. The precedential opinion reverses and remands a patent case decided by the District of Colorado. Notably, the Federal Circuit held “that a cause of action arises” under Section 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act “where a party falsely claims that it possesses a patent on a product feature and advertises that product feature in a manner that causes consumers to be misled about the nature, characteristics, or qualities of its product.” The three orders are all dismissals. Here is the introduction to the opinion and links to the dismissals.

This morning the Federal Circuit released one nonprecedential opinion and three nonprecedential orders. The nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case. Two of the nonprecedential orders transfer cases, while the third nonprecedential order is a dismissal. Here are the introductions to the opinion and the orders other than the dismissal, which we link.

This morning the Federal Circuit released two precedential opinions, two nonprecedential opinions, and five nonprecedential orders. The first precedential opinions affirms a judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, while the second affirms a judgment of the Western District of Wisconsin in a patent case. As for the nonprecedential opinions, the first comes in an appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the second in an appeal from the International Trade Commission. The five nonprecedential orders were all dismissals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.

This morning the Federal Circuit released two precedential opinions and three nonprecedential opinions. The first precedential opinion affirms a judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and the second precedential opinion affirms a judgment of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The first nonprecedential opinion affirms a judgment of the Merit Systems Protection Board, the second affirms a judgment of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and the third vacates and remands a grant of a preliminary injunction by the Southern District of Ohio in a patent case. Here are the introductions to the opinions.

This morning the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential opinions and four nonprecedential orders. The first opinion affirms a judgment of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the second affirms a dismissal by the Court of Federal Claims for lack of jurisdiction, and the third affirms a judgment of the Office of Personnel Management. The first order transfers an appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and all the other orders are dismissals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and the first order and links to the dismissals.

This morning the Federal Circuit released one nonprecedential order, a dismissal. Here is a link to the order.

This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions in cases appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the Merit Systems Protection Board, respectively. The Federal Circuit also released four nonprecedential orders: two were summary affirmances and one was a dismissal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the orders.

The Federal Circuit has been busy. This morning it released two precedential opinions and seven nonprecedential orders. One of the precedential opinions comes in a patent case and reverses in part final written decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The other precedential opinion comes in a veterans case and affirms dismissal of veterans’ petitions for writs of mandamus. The nonprecedential orders do various things in various cases: deny a motion for permission to appeal, dismiss a petition for review, grant a motion to remand a trademark case back to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, grant a motion to transfer a case, dismiss a petition for review as premature, grant a petition by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management for review of a final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and grant a motion for summary affirmance. Late yesterday, the Feddral Circuit also released another nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and orders, other than the dismissal, which is only linked.