executive-review

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-271 Vilox Technologies, LLC v. Andre Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-judges administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause congressional-intent executive-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board severance-remedy tenure-protections 1. Whether the court of appeals' severance remedy of the Appointments Clause violation of Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) is consistent with congr…
19-1458 Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-07-06 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-judges administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause congress due-process executive-review independence judicial-remedy patent separation-of-powers severance tenure tenure-protection The Appointments Clause requires principal officers to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, but permits inferior o…