Federal Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was created in 1982 by merging the US Court of Customs and Patent Appeals with the US Court of Claims and is the only federal appellate court to hear patent appeals. The court sits primarily in Washington, DC. and is different from the other US federal appeals courts in that it hears cases based upon subject matter versus those matters brought in a specific geographic location. The decisions of the court, in particular in regard to cases involving patents are unique in that they are binding precedent Decisions of this circuit are only superseded by changes in specific law or from decisions rendered by the US Supreme Court.
The court has jurisdiction over appeals from:
- Article I Tribunals
- Article III Tribunals
- The Congressional Office of Compliance
More information regarding the history of the court and the judges who have served on it can be found at the Federal Circuit Historical Society.
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Recent Decisions From the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 18-2371
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 19-1112
Date: October 17, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1296
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2014, the Department of Commerce initiated an antidumping-duty investigation under 19 U.S.C. 1673–1673h into steel nail products from Oman and other countries. Commerce separated the Omani investigation into its own p...
Date: October 17, 2019
Docket Number: 18-2226
Justia Opinion Summary: The Taxpayers, West Virginia non-stock, not-for-profit, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) organizations, are generally exempt from federal income tax but are not exempt from taxes on “wages” from “employment” under the Federal Insuran...
Date: October 17, 2019
Docket Number: 18-2400
Justia Opinion Summary: Fraunhofer’s patents relate to multicarrier modulation for transmitting a main data stream over multiple carrier data streams, which is useful in satellite-based communication networks. In 1998, Fraunhofer gave WorldSpac...
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-1810
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-2099
