2012

Rules Announcement

Notice of Proposed Rule Change

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit proposes to amend its Rules along with the Issuance of an Administrative Order regarding Electronic Case Filing.

This amendment and order are subject to public notice and comment under 28 U.S.C. § 2071(b).
Attached for public comment is the revision to Federal Circuit Rule 25 (a) (b, 1 and 2). The new material is printed in red.
The Administrative Order dated May 17, 2012 is issued solely to Electronic Case Filing before The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
All suggested alternatives should be submitted according to the attached "Format for Proposing Changes to Federal Circuit Rules."

Comments should be sent to:
Office of the Clerk
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
717 Madison Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20439
or by email
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Comments must be received by the close of business on
Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

Please see the linked document on how to submit a comment .

Circuit Judge Lourie to Receive the Outstanding Public Service Award from the New York Intellectual Property Law Association on March 23, 2012

Circuit Judge Alan D. Lourie has been chosen to receive the Outstanding Public Service Award from the New York Intellectual Property Law Association. The award will be given at the 90th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary on Friday, March 23, 2012 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Registration information is available at this link.

Judge William Bryson Designated to Perform Judicial Duties in the Eastern District of Texas

Pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 295,  Circuit Judge Bryson has been designated by the Chief Justice of the United States to preside over four cases in the Eastern District of Texas. The cases assigned to Judge Bryson are:  Docket No. 2-08-cv-70 Personalized Media Communications, LLC v. Echostar Corp., et al.; Docket No. 2-08-cv-196 eTool v. National Semiconductor; Docket No. 2-08-cv-471 TQP Development v. ING Bank FSB, et al. ; and Docket No. 2:08-cv-313 Versata, et al. v. Internet Brands, et al..

AN HISTORIC EVENT: JOINT JUDICIAL CONFERENCE IN TOKYO, JAPAN

 

An historic event occurred on October 26 and 27, 2011 at the Hotel Okura in Tokyo, Japan, when the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Japan Intellectual Property High Court sat together en banc at  the Joint Judicial Conference on Japan and United States Intellectual Property Rights. 

The historic panel consisted of Chief Judge Randall R. Rader, and Circuit Judges Arthur J. Gajarsa, Richard Linn, Timothy B. Dyk, Sharon Prost, and Kimberly Moore from the Federal Circuit, and  Chief Judge Tetsuhiro Nakano and Presiding Judges Toshiaki Iimura, Shuhei Shiotsuki, Takaomi Takizawa, Tamotsu Shoji, and Yasuhito Inoue from the Japan Intellectual Property High Court. 

This first-ever meeting of the two courts sitting en banc at the Joint Judicial Conference was witnessed by more than 800 judges, lawyers, and corporate counsels from the United States and Japan. 

The en banc meeting of judges from the two courts was one of a number of  sessions held over three days led by American and Japanese moderators and speakers who discussed intellectual property issues of mutual interests with panelists and audience members.

The Conference is noteworthy because it is the first time that national courts from two nations have sat in an en banc session and  answered questions from a moderator and the audience on a wide range of intellectual property issues. 

The joint session also is significant because it is the first time judges from the Japan Intellectual High Property Court have met in a conference setting with members of the local Japanese bar associations or with Japanese lawyers who practice before the Court.