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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-16-26

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-06-16-26/

The #FederalCircuit Clarifies the Meaning of “#PubliclyDisclosed”

https://natlawreview.com/article/federal-circuit-clarifies-meaning-publicly-disclosed

ICYMI: The Federal Circuit affirmed PTAB conclusion that waffle design was anticipated by a Dunkin Donuts Belgian Waffle Breakfast Sandwich video: https://mastodon.social/@design_law/112050032886183399

#Waffles #PatentFedi #DesignPatents #FederalCircuit

Federal Circuit reverses the grant of a preliminary injunction (based on utility patent and trade dress infringement) in a dispute between indoor "adventure parks":

http://cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-orders/22-2047.OPINION.2-16-2024_2271523.pdf

#FederalCircuit #PatentFedi #UtilityPatents #TradeDress

Who's excited for Monday?

#DesignPatents #FederalCircuit #LKQvGM #PatentFedi

Please join Suffolk Law on February 6 for our online panel discussion on LKQ v. GM.

Details and (free) registration link here: https://events.suffolk.edu/event/design_patents_en_banc_lkq_v_gm

#DesignPatents #LKQvGM #DesignPatentsEnBanc #PatentFedi #FederalCircuit

Save the date: I'm organizing a panel on #LKQvGM for noon Eastern on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 (the day after the oral arguments). It will be a free, online event. Hope to see you there!

#LawFedi #PatentFedi #DesignPatents #FederalCircuit #DesignPatentsEnBanc

LKQ has filed its reply brief in #LKQvGM:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.17834/gov.uscourts.cafc.17834.216.0.pdf

#DesignPatents #FederalCircuit #PatentFedi

Seirus has filed a petition for rehearing en banc in its case against Columbia:

https://www.scribd.com/document/685887103/Columbia-v-Seirus-Seirus-PFR

#DesignPatents #FederalCircuit #ColumbiaVersusSeirus

Ooh, interesting: The government wants to participate in the oral argument in #LKQvGM

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.17834/gov.uscourts.cafc.17834.209.0.pdf

#DesignPatents #FederalCircuit #LawFedi

Design Patents at the Federal Circuit:

- #LKQvGM has been calendared for argument (en banc) on February 5, 2024: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66745365/lkq-corporation-v-gm-global-technology-operations-llc/?order_by=desc

- In re Samels will be argued on November 6, 2023: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66812818/in-re-samuels/

- Acufloor has filed its opening brief: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67392245/acufloor-llc-v-eventile-inc/

#DesignPatents #FederalCircuit #LawFedi

Updated briefing schedule in #LKQvGM:

- GM's brief is now due 10/12/2023

- LKQ's reply brief is now due 11/29/2023

#DesignPatents #FederalCircuit

Oh, wow, this argument sounds painful.

https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1717741?nl_pk=fd062d42-234e-4b6a-b9b5-4052fd7ef7ac

Here's the oral argument recording, for anyone who's interested:

https://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=22-1482_09052023.mp3

#FederalCircuit #PerduePharma #PTAB

Breaking news, via Law360: "A Federal Circuit panel investigating claims that 96-year-old Judge Pauline Newman is not mentally fit to remain on the bench has recommended that she be suspended from hearing all cases for one year for not cooperating with the probe."

Full story (if you have access): https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1707721?nl_pk=fd062d42-234e-4b6a-b9b5-4052fd7ef7ac

Full report & recommendation (direct from the court): https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2FmYy51c2NvdXJ0cy5nb3Yvd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzL0p1ZGljaWFsTWlzY29uZHVjdE9yZGVycy9KdWx5JTIwMzEsJTIwMjAyMyUyMFJlcG9ydCUyMGFuZCUyMFJlY29tbWVuZGF0aW9uLnBkZiIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzA4MDQuODA2NTY2NjEifQ.8_e05XAbC9WtRy18eLNTnjSRpUwmd8Omh6yTW_gzkWY/s/2596171365/br/223716549272-l

#LawFedi #PatentFedi #FederalCircuit #JudgeNewman

Federal Circuit grants rehearing en banc in LKQ v. GM:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.17834/gov.uscourts.cafc.17834.86.0.pdf

The court orders briefing (and seeks amici views) on various issues, including:

"Does KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398 (2007), overrule or abrogate In re Rosen, 673 F.2d 388 (CCPA 1982), and Durling v. Spectrum Furniture Co., Inc., 101 F.3d 100 (Fed. Cir. 1996)?"

#DesignPatents #Rosen #Obviousness #PatentFedi #FederalCircuit

Greg Dolin, a law professor and senior litigation counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, "sees Newman’s challenge as in line with the group’s conservative views on government regulations alongside its challenges to covid mandates, student loan forgiveness and gun bump stock bans."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/05/newman-federal-circuit-oldest-judge-retirement-fight/?utm_campaign=wp_the_daily_202&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_daily202

#FederalCircuit #PatentFedi #NewmanVersusMoore

The Federal Circuit has released more orders about Judge Newman:

https://cafc.uscourts.gov/release-of-prior-orders-in-ongoing-judicial-investigation/

(h/t @PatentJosh )

#PatentFedi #FederalCircuit #LawFedi

In other news, I have now been cited by both sides in #LKQvGM:

https://www.scribd.com/document/644795851/LKQ-v-GM-Response-re-en-banc-petition

#DesignPatents #Rosen #FederalCircuit

"It’s not a judicial 'cat fight.' It’s a legal dispute among judges—including other judges on the Federal Circuit—who genuinely disagree about what’s best for the court and the litigants who appear before it."

- @prgugliuzza on #NewmanVersusMoore

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/05/judicial-disability-dissenter.html

#PatentFedi #FederalCircuit

Newman asks the court to "declare [the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980, 28 U.S.C. §§ 351-64] to be unconstitutional, either in whole or in part and enjoin Defendants from enforcing the Act to the extent it is unconstitutional."

https://cdn.patentlyo.com/media/2023/05/NewmanVMooreComplaint.pdf

#PatentFedi #LawFedi #FederalCircuit

.@patentlyo reports that Judge Newman has filed a lawsuit against Chief Judge Moore and others in DC federal court:

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/05/judge-newman-chief.html

#PatentFedi #LawFedi #FederalCircuit

This week at the #FederalCircuit: GM's response (if any) to LKQ's petition for rehearing en banc is due Wednesday.

The briefs so far: https://fedcircuitblog.com/en-banc/petitions/lkq-corporation-v-gm-global-technology-operations-llc/

My thoughts on the #Rosen issue (tl;dr the requirement is good but the Federal Circuit has applied it too strictly): https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/12/defense-rosen-references.html

#DesignPatents

"The Board Erred by Allowing the Examining Attorney to Rely on Inherency to Establish the Entire Inner Surface of the Dunkin Donuts Belgian Waffle."

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.18005/gov.uscourts.cafc.18005.12.0.pdf

#DesignPatents #FederalCircuit #PatentFedi

In other design patent news, In re Samuels is now fully briefed: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66812818/in-re-samuels/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=asc

This case involves a design patent claim for "a waffle having a
waffle pattern side and a smooth side."

The USPTO rejected the claim as anticipated by a “Dunkin Donuts Belgian Waffle."

#DesignPatents #FederalCircuit #Waffles #Dunkin

David Taylor has a recap of the #GorgeDesign argument over on his blog: https://fedcircuitblog.com/2023/04/24/argument-recap-gorge-design-group-llc-v-xuansheng/

#Patents #PatentFedi #FederalCircuit #ScheduleA

Mon 4/24 - JPMorgan Handcuffs, AMC in the Chancery, Samsung Loses Big and Competence in the Federal Circuit

In today’s episode we have #JPMorgan demanding six-months notice before resignation, #AMC in the #Chancery Court, #Samsung loses big and updates on the competency hearing in the #FederalCircuit.

#lawfedi @law

https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/mon-424-jpmorgan-handcuffs-amc-in

Statement of the Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit:

"The Council confirms the existence of a proceeding under the Act and Rules naming Judge Newman as the subject judge."

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USFEDCOURTS/bulletins/354e68b

"In the interest of transparency, the Council attaches two orders from the proceeding, with appropriate redactions, to add information about some of the allegations under consideration."

1. https://cafc.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/March%2024,%202023%20Order.pdf%22

2. https://cafc.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/April%2013%20Order.pdf%22

#FederalCircuit #PatentFedi #LawFedi

Law360: "Chief Federal Circuit Judge Kimberly Moore has filed a complaint alleging that her 95-year-old colleague Circuit Judge Pauline Newman is no longer fit to be on the bench, several attorneys with close access to the Federal Circuit said Thursday."

"Judge Newman has hired counsel to defend against the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act complaint and is ready to fight back, according to an attorney close to her."

https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1596550?nl_pk=fd062d42-234e-4b6a-b9b5-4052fd7ef7

#FederalCircuit #PatentFedi #LawFedi

Via @patentlyo: "Gene Quinn is reporting that Chief Judge Moore has moved forward with proceedings to remove Judge Newman from the bench — filing a complaint under the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act."
https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/04/judge-newman.html

#FederalCircuit #PatentFedi