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Last Week in the Federal Circuit (June 28-July 2): What Do We Do with a Venue Dodger?
Myles Douglas Young, Morrison & Foerster summer associate, co-authored this post. The Federal Circuit sits for oral arguments this week. Despite juggling argume
Return to Sender: When Courts of Appeals Disagree on Which One Has Jurisdiction
What happens when two courts of appeal each think the other has exclusive jurisdiction over an appeal? Confusion and inter-circuit criticism. The latest chapter
Last Week in the Federal Circuit (June 21–25): How Airtight Does an Air Mattress Have to Be?
Maryrose McLaughlin, Morrison & Foerster summer associate, co-authored this post. The Federal Circuit announced last week that it will resume in-person oral arg
Early Hints About What Happens Next After Arthrex
Now that we have the Supreme Court’s big decision in Arthrex, which we wrote about here, many of us are wondering what the next steps will look like. We may kno
Supreme Court Preserves (Again) Inter Partes Review Despite Finding Constitutional Violation
The Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision today in United States v. Arthrex, Inc., Nos. 19‑1434, -1452, -1458. Although a majority of the Court held th
Last Week in the Federal Circuit (June 7-11): Prosecution Laches—Following the Letter of the Law May Not Always Be Enough
If last week’s post on prosecution disclaimer left you hoping for more decisions about the patent application process, you're in luck. This week we're covering
Last Week in the Federal Circuit (June 1–4): Prosecution Disclaimer – What’s Good for the Goose …
Although last week saw just four Federal Circuit opinions, they were all precedential ones and covered a range of interesting issues. Below we provide our usual
Last Week in the Federal Circuit (May 24-28): Once A Granted Patent, Always a Granted Patent?
We hope our readers had a restful Memorial Day Weekend. Even DC’s cicadas took the weekend off. Before the long weekend, the Federal Circuit left us with 3 prec
Last Week in the Federal Circuit (May 17-21): Avoiding Special Rules For Patent Litigation
There's a new Chief Judge at the Federal Circuit (as of Saturday), but life continues as usual here at Federal Circuitry. Below we provide our usual weekly stat
CVSG in American Axle and Cases in General: What Does It Mean? A Q&A With Deanne Maynard
Some of the big news a couple weeks ago was the Supreme Court’s decision to invite the Solicitor General (SG) to file a brief expressing the views of the United