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As the flow of IPR’s slows down and inevitably reduces the workload of the CAFC, will the court slow down its use of Rule 36 Judgments in response?

The Black Hole of Patent Eligibility

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He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at. — Epictetus

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If you started practicing patent law recently, you might not have heard retired Chief Judge Paul Michel during oral argument. Here’s a good snippet of Chief Judge Michel during oral argument from years ago:

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For more on Frankenstein arguments, see these posts: [Link], [Link], [Link], and [Link]. (In case you were wondering, the third appellate judge in the cartoon is appearing by telephone.)

Credit: Will Shriner.

This random cartoon idea came up as I was thinking back on an earlier post called Grandmothers are Off-Limits: [Link].