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Get excited: Our 2024-2025 (free) patent casebook supplement is here! https://patentlawcasebook.com/

Featuring, among other things, an all-new edit of #LKQvGM:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4544911

#LawFedi #LawProfs #PatentFedi

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

Just out of curiosity, I looked up when the last Federal Circuit en banc design patent case, #EgyptianGoddess, was argued (6/2/08) and decided (9/22/08).

If #LKQvGM were to follow the same timeline, we could expect a decision around late May.

#DesignPatentsEnBanc #PatentFedi

Law360 coverage of the #LKQvGM argument: https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1771814?nl_pk=2e71aa9c-c8f8-43ff-9d5a-fafec61b2085

#DesignPatents #PatentFedi #LawFedi

Last question in #LKQvGM:

Judge: If we could only make one change [to the § 103 analysis], what should we change?

Lemley: Overrule Rosen/Durling

Judge: "That's not going to happen."

#DesignPatents #PatentFedi #LawFedi

Today is the day! #LKQvGM will be argued before the en banc Federal Circuit today at 10 a.m. Eastern.

Audio link: https://cafc.uscourts.gov/home/oral-argument/listen-to-oral-arguments/

Docket: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66745365/lkq-corporation-v-gm-global-technology-operations-llc/?order_by=desc

Here's a short preview from @patentlyo: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/02/corporation-global-design.html

If you're interested in a deeper dive into the issue, here's an article I wrote: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1926162

For an update to my views on primary references, see § IV(C)(2) here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4496762

#DesignPatents #PatentFedi #LawFedi #RightToRepair #LawProfs

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

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

"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

"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

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

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