The Federal Circuit web site reports that Senior Judge Arthur Gajarsa has retired from the Federal Circuit.\u00a0 The announcement reads:<\/p>\n
Circuit Judge Arthur J. Gajarsa retired from the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 30, 2012, concluding a distinguished judicial career during which he served the judiciary and his nation with distinction.<\/p>\n
In his parting message to the court, Judge Gajarsa said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been indeed an honor and privilege to have worked with all of you during the past 15 years. You made my work at the court easy to perform and a pleasure to undertake. My success and the success of the court are attributable not only to my judicial colleagues, but also to the fine members of the court team. I shall miss all of you and I look forward to observing the continued fine work of the court in the future.
\nI am looking forward to retirement as of June 30, not as the end of my career, but the beginning of a new one.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe University of New Hampshire School of Law\u00a0notes that Judge Gajarsa will serve as the first Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence at the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property:<\/p>\n
Judge Arthur Gajarsa, recently retired from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, will be joining us as the first Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence at the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property. He will begin teaching this fall and will be working with us to enhance our practice-ready curriculum, as well as providing strategic guidance as we build the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property into a global hub for innovation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n