United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Announcements

Registration Now Open for the Federal Circuit's Judicial Conference on May 15, 2008: Chief Justice Roberts, the court's circuit justice, will attend the event, and Solicitor General Paul Clement will be the luncheon speaker. The Conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt, 1000 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. To register for the conference or view the conference program, click here.

Oral Argument for In re Bilski: Listen to the oral argument in the en banc hearing of In re Bilski here for Part One and here for Part Two.

Rules for Judicial Conduct and Judicial Disability Proceedings: Mandatory rules for judicial conduct and judicial disability proceedings, adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States on March 11, 2008 take effect on April 10, 2008 and are available at this link.

First Quarter 2008 Mediation Statistics Available: Table of activities of the Circuit Mediation Office from January 1 to March 31, 2008, which includes the number of appeals brought into mediation, the numbers of appeals settled, both patent and non-patent, and the success rate, are now available at this link, and on both the Mediation and Statistics pages of this site.

Federal Circuit Judge to Receive Distinguished IP Professional Award from IPO: Judge Alan Lourie will receive the Distinguished IP Professional Award at the 2008 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner on June 10, 2008. Information about the dinner is available at this link.

Federal Circuit Judge to Speak at Conference Judge Arthur J. Gajarsa will deliver the keynote address at the 5th Annual Conference on Patents & the Financial Services Industry on July 30, 2008 in New York City.

Federal Circuit Will Sit in Silicon Valley in November 2008: The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hold hearings in several locations in Silicon Valley, California during the week of November 3, 2008. Santa Clara University School of Law, Stanford University School of Law and the United States District Courts in San Francisco and San Jose will each host a panel of judges for oral argument during that week.

Federal Circuit Judges to Participate in Bench & Bar Conference: Judges of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will participate in the 10th Annual Bench & Bar Conference sponsored by the Federal Circuit Bar Association from June 25 to 28, 2008 in Monterey, California. Program details can be found at this link.

Judges of the Federal Circuit Sitting by Designation: The Chief Justice assigns circuit judges to sit by designation with another circuit court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 291. Thus far in 2008, one Federal Circuit judge has sat by designation with a sister circuit. Five judges of the Federal Circuit had the opportunity to sit by designation with three sister circuits during calendar year 2007. A list of the Federal Circuit judges who have been so designated is available for 2007 and 2008 .

Visiting Judges Sitting with the Federal Circuit: Since September 2006, twenty-four 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 April 2008 is available here.

Circuit Mediation Office Statistics Now Available: Statistics on the activities of the Circuit Mediation Office, including number of appeals brought into mediation, numbers of appeals settled, both patent and non-patent, and success rate are available at this link.

Court Rules & Forms

• Rules and Forms
• Form 21, application for admission to the Federal Circuit Bar.
• Notice of latest changes to Federal Circuir Rules, last updated on December 12, 2007.

Opinions, Calendars & Dispositions

• Opinions & Orders.
• Last week’s disposition sheet of Federal Circuit cases
• Current week’s disposition sheet of Federal Circuit cases
• New cases filed in the last 90 days [plain text].
• New cases filed in the last 90 days [Excel spreadsheet].
• Pending Argument Calendar
• Calendar of Public Sessions during fiscal year 2008
• Visiting Judges Sitting with the Federal Circuit 2006 to the present.

Court Information

• About the Court
• Docket Information (PACER).
• Phone numbers and contacts
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Biographies of Federal Circuit judges
• Audio files of oral arguments are available. Counsel should read the guidelines for oral arguments.
• Disclosure of privately funded educational programs
• Directions to the court
• The Guide for Motions Practice answers common questions about motions
• Members of the Federal Circuit Advisory Council
• Court Mediation Program
• Statistics
• Law Clerk Hiring Policy