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They originally claimed patents too, which is why this keeps going to the federal circuit instead of the 9th, who would have ended this silliness
by DannyBee 10y ago
They originally claimed patents too, which is why this keeps going to the federal circuit instead of the 9th, who would have ended this silliness
- 0xffff2 10y agoHuh? "The 9th [circuit]" is a Federal circuit court...
- _delirium 10y agoThe terminology's confusing, but there's a court named the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [1], even though the term "federal circuit court" also colloquially means the Courts of Appeals in general. This Federal Circuit is a non-geographical Court of Appeals, separate from the 11 numbered, geographically based Courts of Appeals, and has exclusive jurisdiction over patent cases (among a few other things). They also have a reputation of being very pro-IP-plaintiff compared to the courts in general. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Federal_Circuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals...
- 0xffff2 10y agoAh, so the "Federal Circuit" is another court at the same level as the other circuit courts that doesn't have a number associated with it. The choice of abbreviation is confusing to say the least.