Last Week In The Federal Circuit (July 11-15): The FRAND vs. ITC Fight That Wasn’t
- Precedential opinions: 3 Non-precedential opinions: 4 Rule 36: 1 Longest pending case from argument: Lanclos v. United States , No. 21-1750 (219 days) Shortest (non-Rule 36) pending case from argument: Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Thales USA, Inc. , No. 21-2106 (36 days) Case of the week:... ›
Last Week In The Federal Circuit (July 5-8): The Case of the Moonlighting Patent Attorney
By: Seth W. Lloyd
Precedential opinions: 1 Non-precedential opinions: 8 Rule 36: 4 Longest pending case from argument: Tris Pharma, Inc. v. Actavis Lab’ys FL, Inc. , No. 21-1495 (121 days) Shortest (non-Rule 36) pending case from argument: U.S. Aeroteam, Inc. v. United States , No. 21-2272 (26 days) Case... ›Last Week In The Federal Circuit (June 27 – July 1): Protective Order Pandemonium
Last week’s big news was the anticlimactic end of the American Axle saga. (See our post on the Supreme Court’s cert denial here .) But the Federal Circuit was hard at work too: it issued a dozen decisions on a wide variety of subjects.... ›Last Week In The Federal Circuit (June 21-24): Maintaining Confidence In Judicial Rulings In Cases Reviewed By The Federal Circuit
By: Brian R. Matsui
The Supreme Court dominated the news last week, and the Federal Circuit issued just four opinions. One of them was a doozy: to reinforce confidence in the judicial process, the Court vacated a $2 billion judgment that followed from a 22-day bench trial, with... ›Last Week In The Federal Circuit (June 13-17): A Concentration Claim Construction
It’s officially the start of summer, but the Federal Circuit is still hard at work: last week the Court issued a few precedential opinions, several non-precedential decisions, and a handful of affirmances without opinion from the Court’s June argument sitting. Below we provide our... ›Last Week In The Federal Circuit (April 4 - 8): Claim Differentiation Carries The Day
By: Jillian A. Pesin-Fulop
Last week was argument week at the Federal Circuit, and we’ve already begun seeing decisions from the argued cases trickle in. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and a detailed discussion of our case of the week—our highly subjective selection based on whatever... ›Last Week In The Federal Circuit (March 21-25): Oil is a Hot Commodity These Days—Even on the Federal Circuit
By: Caroline F. Pohl
When it comes to oil, even the Federal Circuit’s hands are sometimes tied. Last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board Precedential Opinion Panel decision for claims related to oil wells, although the Court expressed some skepticism about the agency’s... ›Last Week In The Federal Circuit (March 14-18): Federal Circuit Says Go Fish To Claims of Co-Ownership
By: Jacob Nathanael Nagy
Last week’s big news was of course the official swearing in of Judge Stark. But there were plenty of other things happening at the Court. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and a detailed discussion of our case of the week—our highly subjective... ›Last Week In The Federal Circuit (March 7-11): March Madness Mandamus-Style
By: Meghan McLean Poon
If your limited attention is diverted this week because of March Madness, never fear! We’ve got you covered at Federal Circuitry, where we’re always tracking the latest news at the Federal Circuit. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and a detailed discussion of... ›Last Week in the Federal Circuit (February 28 - March 4): When Infringing An Invalid Patent Can Be Costly
By: Seth W. Lloyd
The Federal Circuit kicked off a new week of oral arguments today. And this week it finishes its goodbyes to Judge O’Malley, who officially retires on Friday (March 11). Even so, the work must go on. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and... ›