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Is Your Appeal More Likely to Be Affirmed Since the Court Went Remote? a Post Valentine’s Day Definitely, Maybe…
Last week I took a look at affirmance rates—both in general and excluding Rule 36s (see It’s Two Weeks After Your Argument, And You’ve Heard Nothing. What Does
It’s Two Weeks After Your Argument, And You’ve Heard Nothing. What Does That Mean?
Since we started this blog, we have taken a look at win-loss percentages a number of times. Now that we recently updated our statistics (sortable, here), we to
Last Week in the Federal Circuit (February 1-5): The Growing Universe of Printed Publications
Since yesterday was the Super Bowl, we assume that all of our readers spent today as we did, thinking about the Federal Circuit's recent decision in M&K Holding
Who Gets Oral Argument (Revisited): January Argument Recap/February Argument Preview
Out with the old, and in with the new: it’s Court week for the short February month, so we thought we’d revisit what happened at oral arguments last month and
Last Week in the Federal Circuit (January 25-29): Year 1993 and LTE Technology
Despite no precedential patent decisions at the Federal Circuit, the Court still addressed some interesting issues last week, including whether a license agreem
There’s a new President. How could that affect practice in the Circuit?
What could the new President mean for Federal Circuit practitioners? It could mean new judges. While no vacancies arose during President Trump’s term, five of t
MoFo Perspectives Podcast: New Solicitor General, New Positions?
In this latest MoFo Perspectives podcast, MoFo appellate co-chairs Deanne Maynard and Joe Palmore speak on why the Biden Administration might change the governm
Last Week in the Federal Circuit (January 18-22): Factual Obviousness and Yet Another Arthrex Challenge
Although the Federal Circuit has had a busy January, last week was light on precedential decisions (just one, in a case from the MSPB). Below we provide our usu
The Federal Circuit, in Boeing, Backs Contractors’ Proprietary Markings, but Leaves Open an Important Question on Scope
Federal contractors received some good news from the Federal Circuit this holiday season. The court held, in Boeing Co. v. Secretary of Air Force, that the Dep
Last Week in the Federal Circuit: Waiver and Constitutional Avoidance
The Federal Circuit issued just one precedential opinion last week. But it’s an interesting one: The Court exercised its discretion to reach (or rather, avoid