Federal Circuit Court of Appeals News

In a nonprecedential disposition, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled today on whether the two marks shown below, both for services related to "growing crops as food," are likely to cause confusion.

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. , a leading provider of on-demand software and data solutions for the U.S. automotive retail industry, today announced an update regarding its patent infringement litigation against RouteOne LLC and Finance Express LLC.

The rules upheld would limit the number of times that someone can request a re-examination of a patent and require applicants with several claims to submit additional materials among other provisions aimed to address the "large and growing backlog of unexamined patent applications." The three-judge panel for the court rejected one rule [37 CFR 1.78 ...

Systems makers may be beginning to feel the bite of a limited exclusion order banning the import of chips from six companies found to infringe two packaging patents of Tessera Technologies Inc.

TiVo said it was "confident" a federal district court's ruling that found Dish Network in contempt of an order to shut down DVRs that infringe the DVR maker's patent would be upheld on appeal.

Systems makers are beginning to feel the bite of a limited exclusion order prohibiting the import of chips from six companies found to infringe two packaging patents of Tessera Technologies Inc.

A recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision reversing the U.S. Court of Federal Claims' denial of a vaccine injury claim highlights the widening gulf between the Federal Circuit and Federal Claims court on vaccine cases.

Lincoln Financial Group announced the Federal District Court in Iowa validated a jury's decision to render a verdict in favor of Lincoln National Life Insurance Company in a patent infringement lawsuit against Transamerica Life Insurance Company and related Aegon USA companies.

Back in March, in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. v. O2 Micro Int'l Ltd. , the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court's appointment of a nonpartisan expert under Federal Rule of Evidence 706 was not an abuse of discretion.

John F Duffy is a professor at the George Washington University Law School. He is looking to change the U.S. patent system through litigation Critics of the U.S. patent system have high hopes that 2009 might be the year Congress acts to amend it.

A fight over a trail may stall class actions against the government. Mike Scarcella June 22, 2009 A case quietly winding through the federal courts in Washington could dramatically change the rules for plaintiffs across the country who file big-money class actions against the federal government.

Federal Circuit to weigh in on a bedrock of U.S. employment law. Marcia Coyle June 22, 2009 Raymond Marshall's 21 years in the Army undoubtedly steeled him for many of life's obstacles but probably not for his now five-year tour of duty in the legal arena for enforcing his right to get a federal job.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Value Vinyls, Inc . is an interesting classification case in that it all turns on the meaning of one word.

Mems Technology Berhad announced on June 15, 2009 that the U.S. International Trade Commission has issued its Final Determination affirming the January 12, 2009 Initial Determination by the Administrative Law Judge in the ITC investigation based on Knowles Electronics LLC's complaint pursuant to section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a patent case that seeks to challenge the current U.S. patent law.

WHILE THE US gets its knickers in a twist about strange patents that will end up costing industry a bomb while killing innovation, north of the border judges have ruled that business methods are not eligible for patents.

Intellectual property lawyers are reporting an upswing in motions to transfer patent infringement cases out of the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas in the wake of two U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decisions that chastised the Texas federal court for not transferring cases.

In what has become a daily saga of the legal battles between rival TV makers Funai Electric and Vizio, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted Vizio's request for an emergency stay on enforcing the U.S. International Trade Commission's order to stop importing TVs that infringe Funai patents, while the Federal Circuit considers a ...

On June 10, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted VIZIO's motion for emergency relief to stay the enforcement of Orders of the United States International Trade Commission while the Federal Circuit considers VIZIO's request for temporary stay of the same during its appeal process.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal concerning the standards used to determine whether a process is eligible for patent protection under 35 USC 101.