ARE Patent Law Alert:
Rehearing En Banc Granted in Tafas v. Doll

(July 8, 2009) On July 6, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the Federal Circuit”) granted a combined petition by the Plaintiff-Appellees for a panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of the Federal Circuit’s March 20, 2009 opinion, Tafas v. Doll, 559 F.3d 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“Tafas III”), which ruled […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: Rehearing En Banc Granted in Tafas v. Doll

(July 8, 2009) On July 6, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the Federal Circuit”) granted a combined petition by the Plaintiff-Appellees for a panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of the Federal Circuit’s March 20, 2009 opinion, Tafas v. Doll, 559 F.3d 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“Tafas III”), which ruled […]