96-Year-Old Suspended Judge Honored at Patent Law Conference

Pauline Newman, the nation’s oldest active federal judge, accepted plaudits and gave out an award named for her at a gathering for patent attorneys, while she continues to battle a disability and misconduct probe that partially sidelined her on the Federal Circuit.

The 96-year-old jurist was inducted into IPWatchdog’s hall of fame at the patent law blog’s annual conference in Herndon, Va., on Monday. She then gave out the inaugural Pauline Newman Award to Henry Hadad, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. senior vice president and deputy general counsel and gave a short speech to the lawyers in attendance.

From Newman these gestures, ...