The Federal Circuit will remove some cases from its April argument session and will hold other hearings by telephone to minimize the risk of spreading the new coronavirus.
If counsel for both sides are local, the court, for now, will hold in-person arguments as scheduled, according to an announcement from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
“It is good to see the court acting proactively,” patent attorney Matthew J. Dowd of Dowd Scheffel PLLC in Washington said.
“Many practitioners and clients eagerly anticipate oral argument, and they may be disappointed by the court’s decision here,” Dowd, who ...
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