158 ABA Journal Federal Circuit Court articles.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a decision that restricts patents on business methods by requiring that they be tied to a machine or involve a physical transformation.
…Jun 1, 2009 4:43 PM CDT
Observers are openly wondering how long an unidentified first-year associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges will hold his job, after reading a jaw-dropping e-mail thread. It began with…
May 19, 2009 8:53 PM CDT
Video conferences, telephone interpreters, and the promise of new technologies that link pockets of the country with deeper pools of certified interpreters to rural counties in desperate need of qualified…
Jan 28, 2009 9:51 PM CST
The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research released a report today advocating for a “loser pays” rule to help staunch the exorbitant litigation costs that arise from nuisance lawsuits…
Dec 2, 2008 11:34 PM CST
Marketers who sell a powdered health supplement have failed to persuade the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that a patent ruling should be overturned because the judges…
Nov 4, 2008 12:45 PM CST
In a closely watched case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has restricted business method patents.
The 9-3 en banc ruling holds that…
Oct 31, 2008 11:36 AM CDT
Patent lawyers say a rare en banc ruling this week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit strengthens design patents.
The decision (PDF) holds that…
Sep 24, 2008 2:18 PM CDT
A popped collar button on a Seattle lawyer’s dress shirt resulted in a sartorial instruction from Judge Randall Rader at the conclusion of a recent argument before a federal appeals…
Aug 21, 2008 8:07 PM CDT
A Mexican man who was convicted and jailed in his home country after a search revealed that the SUV he and his business partner had purchased at a U.S. Customs…
Aug 19, 2008 4:53 PM CDT
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., who is hearing appeals from 200 terrorism detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba told lawyers for both sides yesterday…
Jul 9, 2008 5:22 PM CDT
After an appellate court ruling that a military prisoner held for more than six years without trial was improperly classified as an “enemy combatant,” the closure of…
Jun 25, 2008 9:59 PM CDT
Asked by Congressional lawyers yesterday to require the White House to comply with House Judiciary Committee subpoenas of two high-level aides, Federal District Court Judge John Bates was a reluctant…
Jun 24, 2008 8:08 PM CDT
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will consider a case today that will help determine what kinds of business methods are eligible for patents.
The case, In…
May 8, 2008 10:45 AM CDT
In an important case involving “time-shifting” video recording technology, a federal appeals court has ruled that EchoStar Holding Corp. and Dish Network Corp. have been illegally using the software created…
Jan 31, 2008 10:56 PM CST
The Federal Circuit gets the message, may be loosening patent protections
Dec 1, 2007 5:52 PM CST
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