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What Good is the Federal Circuit?

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit occupies a unique place in the Federal appellate system. Like the D.C. Circuit and unlike the other circuits, it is not regional and its jurisdiction is not limited to Federal District Courts in a particular geographical area. Instead, its subject matter jurisdiction is limited to patent infringement decisions from district courts, appeals from the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Court of International Trade, the International Trade Commission, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims,...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).