A CVSG On Claim Construction Procedures And Jury Trial Rights

As Federal Circuitry readers likely know, the Supreme Court occasionally invites the Solicitor General to file a brief expressing the views of the United States in a case where the Court is considering granting certiorari. That action is commonly referred to as a CVSG-Call for the Views of the Solicitor General. (Check out our earlier post here where we discuss the CVSG process in more detail.)

We're still waiting for the CVSG briefs in two patent-related cases out of the Federal Circuit: American Axle v. Neapco Holdings, a Section 101 case involving an industrial manufacturing process, and PersonalWeb Technologies v. Patreon, a case about the Kessler preclusion doctrine. That means neither of those cases will be considered in time to be argued this Term. But in the meantime, yesterday the Supreme Court CVSGed another patent case from the Federal Circuit: Olaf Sööt Design v. Daktronics. If the Supreme Court grants review, the case could have important implications