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Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)

Unlike SCOTUS, CAFC has made some rulings which can conceivably challenge software patents, but CAFC is also at the root of software patents in the United States (historically). Here are past writings that mention CAFC.

2019

  • The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) 'Disses' Iancu's Guidance on 35 U.S.C. § 101, Sides With the Supreme Court (Alice) and Caselaw


  • 2018

  • The Patent Microcosm Hopes That the Federal Circuit Will Get 'Tired' of Rejecting Software Patents
  • No, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Has Not Changed Its Position on Software Patents, Which Are Bunk
  • Federal Circuit Doubles Down on User Interface Patents, Helps Microsoft-Connected Patent Trolls Curtail the Prime Competitor of Microsoft Office
  • The Federal Circuit Continues to 'Lecture' the Patent Office on Patent Scope and Limits, But Iancu Isn't Listening
  • Watchtroll is Attacking the Federal Circuit for the 'Thoughtcrime' of Pursuing Patent Quality
  • The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) is Cleaning Up the United States' Patent System
  • Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Continues to Deny Patents Based on Stricter Standards


  • 2017

  • The Federal Circuit (CAFC) is Doing a Good Job, Which Means It's Hated and Mocked by the Patent Microcosm
  • The Federal Circuit Continues Squashing Software Patents
  • The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Gradually Champions Patent Quality, in a Spectacular Reversal on Its Past Ways
  • The Federal Circuit Has Become the Go-To Place For Patent Appeals Arising From USPTO Errors
  • An Unexpected Reality: The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Emerged as a Champion in Fighting Software Patents in the US
  • “Federal Circuit Had Affirmed on Every Issue in 77.4% of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Appeals it Had Seen” in 2016


  • 2016

  • The US Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Maintains High Pace of Patent Invalidation, in Spite of Appeals to CAFC
  • Patent Law Firms and Their Publishers Latch Onto Rare CAFC Cases Where Software Patents Somehow Survive
  • Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Originator of Software Patents) Still the Number One Barrier to Progress and Justice
  • CAFC Rules Against Software Patents But Witness With Horror the Silence From Patent Lawyers (Bias by Omission)
  • Relying on EPO, CAFC -- Originator of Software Patents in the US -- Tries to Bring Them Back Into Play in Microsoft Case
  • Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Has Just Sided With Patent Trolls
  • The Federal Circuit, a So-called ‘Court’, Increasingly Refuted by US Courts and the Appeal Board (PTAB)


  • 2015

  • EFF Asks CAFC to Tackle the Trolls’ Docket, the Eastern District of Texas
  • Working to End Oracle's and CAFC's Inane War on Interface Reuse


  • 2014

  • Another Massive Step Towards Elimination of Software Patents as Even CAFC Rules Against Them
  • The Corrupt Judge Rader (of CAFC) Still Pursuing Bad (More Aggressive) Patent System in the US
  • Symptoms of Injustice: Biggest Software Patents Proponent, CAFC, Superseding Supreme Court Decisions on Patents
  • The Corrupt Court Which Brought Software Patents to the United States is in a State of Crisis, Should be Disbanded


  • 2013

  • CAFC Impedes Progress and Helps Extortion Against Linux/Android
  • In the Age of Software Patents Nullification, CAFC Strikes Again, Promoting Those Patents
  • Patent Lawyers Fight to Keep and Facilitate Software Patents Worldwide, Using Misinterpretation, Distraction, and Loopholes
  • CAFC Decision Still Overridden by Overzealous Patent Lawyers in the Press, The Guardian and Other Corporate Press (CBS and AFP Included) Still Guard the Establishment
  • Software Patents Eligibility Likely to be Decided by SCOTUS
  • The Reality Distortion Field of Patent Lawyers Helps Impede Abolition of Software Patents
  • Software Patents Reality Distortion Field
  • Software Patents May Have Just Died in the United States, According to Some Pundits and Experts
  • While New Zealand (NZ) Stomps on Software Patents High US Court Helps Legitimise Them, Again
  • Some Recent Recommended Posts From TechDirt on Patents
  • Obama Promises Patent Reform While Nominating a Software Patents Proponent for Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)
  • Appeals Court Gets Another Chance to Abolish Software Patents in the United States


  • 2012

  • Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Promotes Software Patents


  • 2011

  • Discussions About the United States Court of Appeals on Software Patents


  • 2008

  • Regrets Over USPTO’s Decision to Permit Software Patents