{"id":3781,"date":"2011-03-07T19:36:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T01:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2011-03-07T19:36:59","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T01:36:59","slug":"recusal-in-association-for-molecular-pathology-v-united-states-patent-and-trademark-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=3781","title":{"rendered":"Recusal in Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent and Trademark Office?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Federal Circuit has published the oral argument schedule for April 2011 which includes the case of Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent and Trademark Office<\/span>.\u00a0 The schedule reads as follows:<\/p>\n

Panel B+:\u00a0 Monday, April 4, 2011, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 201<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2010-1406<\/td>\nDCT<\/td>\nASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR V PTO<\/td>\n[argued]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Panel B:\u00a0 Monday, April 4, 2011, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 201<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
2010-5142<\/td>\nCFC<\/td>\nTRUSTED INTEGRATION V US<\/td>\n[argued]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011-1025<\/td>\nDCT<\/td>\nFURNACE BROOK V AEROPOSTALE<\/td>\n[argued]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011-5017<\/td>\nCFC<\/td>\nSILER V US<\/td>\n[on the briefs]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

When the Federal Circuit splits panels in this way, i.e., “B” and “B+,” it means that the make-up of the judges on the respective\u00a0panels will be different.\u00a0 This sometimes highlights a recusal by one of the judges from the “+” case.\u00a0 But, it can be for other reasons as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What is\u00a0unique about the Association for Molecular Pathology<\/span> case is that the ACLU filed a motion\u00a0for the recusal of Chief Judge Rader back in June 2010. [ACLU Motion<\/a>].\u00a0 So, I suspect there will be much interest in whether Chief Judge Rader was on the original panel and did recuse himself.<\/p>\n

Other possible reasons why the panel make-up might be different are that:<\/p>\n

1) Judge O’Malley might have originally been on the panel but chose to recuse herself because her husband’s firm (Covington and Burling) has filed an amicus brief;<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0 Judge Moore might have originally been on the panel but chose to recuse herself because her husband’s firm (Latham and Watkins) might be involved in some way, such as an amicus brief;<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 A senior judge opted to hear fewer cases that month and opted out of the additional case; or<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0 The court might be using a five judge panel, as it has recently done in the Rambus appeals.<\/p>\n

Time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federal Circuit has published the oral argument schedule for April 2011 which includes the case of Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent and Trademark Office.\u00a0 The schedule reads as follows: Panel B+:\u00a0 Monday, April 4, 2011, 10:00 A.M., Courtroom 201 2010-1406 DCT ASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR V PTO [argued] Panel B:\u00a0 Monday, April […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3791,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions\/3791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}