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An interesting nugget in this round-up of "5 Patent Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2023" from Law360:
"The rehearing approval noted that the court's newest member, U.S. Circuit Judge Tiffany Cunningham, would not be participating. A representative for the court confirmed that Judge Newman will be on the panel, pointing to a section of the U.S. Code that defines en banc panels as all active judges."
https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1697857?nl_pk=fd062d42-234e-4b6a-b9b5-4052fd7ef7ac&utm
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Knauf Insulation v. Johns Manville: The defendant has asked the court to move the trial back until at least January 2024, in light of the Federal Circuit taking #LKQ en banc (among other reasons):
https://design-law.tumblr.com/post/109827365756/does-this-fiberglass-building-insulation-infringe
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ICYMI: The Federal Circuit granted rehearing en banc in a design patent case and I have (more) thoughts: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/07/design-patent-exceptionalism.html
For some prior thoughts on this case: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/12/defense-rosen-references.html
For a longer, deeper discussion of the issues at stake: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1926162