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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 blog post discussing how a recent decision in a patent case by the Federal circuit focuses “on a novel argument about provisional rights”;
  • another blog post discussing how a recent Federal Circuit decision “illustrates circumstances under which the [Patent Trial and Appeal] Board’s obviousness determination did not pass muster.”;
  • a piece reporting how the Council for Innovation Promotion recently released a report “urging the Trump Administration and Congress to take 18 key steps to strengthen the U.S. IP system”; and
  • a report claiming a recent Federal Circuit decision “has created pitfalls for entities using a type of patent claim that describes an improvement on previous technology, making the so-called Jepson format, which is already uncommon, even less appealing for applicants.”
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Opinions

Opinions & Orders – March 27, 2025

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions and two nonprecedential orders. Both nonprecedential opinions come in patent cases. Of the nonprecedential orders, one dismisses a petition for a writ of mandamus and the other grants and denies several motions. Here are the introductions to the opinions and orders other than the dismissal as well as a link to the dismissal.

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