Case: Patents & Trademarks/Procedure (Fed. Cir.)

The Federal Circuit denied a patent agent’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to direct a federal district court in Louisiana to vacate its order denying his motion for leave to appear pro hac vice in Luv n’ care Ltd.'s action against Eazy-PZ LLC for unfair competition and a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of a design patent he prosecuted. The appeals court determined that the agent didn’t show that an appeal following entry of final judgment would be an inadequate alternative to challenge the denial of the motion, or a clear and indisputable right to his requested hearing.