Chief Judge Michel delivered the annual State of the Court Speech on Friday, June 19
at the 11th Annual Federal Circuit Bar Association Bench & Bar Conference. The speech addressed not only the current State
of the Court, but also emerging needs of the Court and challenges to its future, including legislative proposals of concern,
threats to expeditious dispositions, en banc rehearings, and potential vacancies. Interested members of the Bar are encouraged
to read the chief judge’s speech.
Chief Judge Paul R. Michel will speak on "Patentable Subject Matter
Post-Bilski" at the George Mason University School of Law Eighth Annual Symposium on Hot Topics in Patent Law.
The one day conference will be held at the FDIC Virginia Square Seidman Center next to the GMU Law School in
Arlington, VA. Registration information is available at thislink.
Circuit Judge Arthur Gajarsa will give the luncheon Keynote Address at the 6th
Annual Patents and the Financial Services Industry Conference on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 in New York City. Judge
Gajarsa will discuss insights into Federal Circuit interactions with the Supreme Court, Congress and the U.S.
Patent Office. Registration information is available at this link.
Judges of the Federal Circuit Sitting by Designation for 2007, 2008 and 2009
The Chief Justice assigns circuit judges to sit by designation with another circuit or district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 291. Thus far in 2009, six judges of the Federal
Circuit have sat by designation with other circuits. In the calendar year 2008, four Federal Circuit judges sat by designation with four sister circuits, while one Federal Circuit
Judge presided over a trial in a federal district court. Five judges of the Federal Circuit had the opportunity to sit by designation with three sister circuits during calendar
year 2007. Lists of the Federal Circuit judges who were assigned to sit by designation are available for 2007,
2008 and 2009.
Visiting Judges Sitting with the Federal Circuit
Since September 2006, forty judges from circuit and district courts around the country have sat with the Federal Circuit.
A list of the visiting judges who have sat with the court through June 2009 is available here.
To view past announcements, click on this link.
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