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Not Before Us: The Federal Circuit Sidesteps Schedule A in Jacki Easlick

by Dennis Crouch

The Federal Circuit has affirmed denial of preliminary injunction in the Schedule A design patent case of Jacki Easlick, LLC v. CJ Emerald, Nos. 2024-1538, -1826 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 14, 2026) (nonprecedential)...


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The Trail Guide Problem: Judge, Jury, and Design Patent Claim Construction

by Dennis Crouch

The Federal Circuit denied rehearing today in Range of Motion Products, LLC v. Armaid Co., No. 23-2427 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 11, 2026), leaving in place the panel decision I


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Provisional Prior Art

by Dennis Crouch

Dental Monitoring SAS v. Align Technology, Inc., No. 2025-1752 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 10, 2026)

Patent law cases often turn on timing. In our first-to-file system, the question often boils down to whet...


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Ex parte Baurin and the Anti-Harassment Rationale for Double Patenting

by Dennis Crouch

Director John Squires has issued another precedential decision, this time focusing on obviousness-type double patenting (ODP). In Ex parte Baurin, Appeal No. 2024-002920 (ARP Aug. 6, 2026), an Appeals Review P...


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Examiner Allowance Rates Under Director Squires

by Dennis Crouch

Director John Squires has been in office for about ten months, and the patent application allowance rate appears to be continuing its downward trend that began under Director Vidal.

A big caveat he...


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