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Federal Circuit After Years of Appeals, Bowers Learns the Meaning of Res Judicata

After Years of Appeals, Bowers Learns the Meaning of Res Judicata

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on

You only get one shot. There is no second bite at the apple. Whatever your idiomatic cliché of choice is, the principles of res judicata and claim preclusion...

Federal Circuit Affirmed: Postal Worker Fired for Using Gift Card

Affirmed: Postal Worker Fired for Using Gift Card

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

Stealing gift cards from undeliverable mail seems like something that Newman would have done on "Seinfeld." Except Newman never stooped so low. Instead, Warren...

Federal Circuit 5 Things to Know About Federal Circuit Judge Richard Taranto

5 Things to Know About Federal Circuit Judge Richard Taranto

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

Here at FindLaw, we understand the pressures of being a legal professional - most of us are recovering lawyers - so we want to help by tossing you that...

Federal Circuit AIA Increases Need for Patent Attorneys, But Not Patent Litigators

AIA Increases Need for Patent Attorneys, But Not Patent Litigators

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

The common refrain these days is that going to law school is a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad idea. There just aren’t any jobs. Perhaps the real issue...

Federal Circuit Adult Diaper Patent Claim Barred by Laches, Not Equitable Estoppel

Adult Diaper Patent Claim Barred by Laches, Not Equitable Estoppel

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on

SCA Hygiene Products (SCA) holds a patent on "adult incontinence products" -- that is, adult diapers. The company sued First Quality Baby Products for...

Federal Circuit 2 Very Different Fed. Cir. Cases on SCOTUS' Docket

2 Very Different Fed. Cir. Cases on SCOTUS' Docket

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on

The Federal Circuit is weird. It hears patent cases, of course, but it also hears a whole lot of other random federal appeals: Court of Federal Claims appeals,...

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