Supreme Court Takes Another Bite Out of Federal Circuit Exceptionalism

"Supreme Court Takes Another Bite Out of Federal Circuit Exceptionalism," written by Intellectual Property partner Randy Lipsitz, special counsel Aaron Frankel and associate Hanna Seifert, appeared in the March 2015 issue of Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal. The article focuses on the Supreme Court's decision that the Federal Circuit must apply the "clear error" standard to factual findings, rather than de novo review, when reviewing patent claim construction proceedings from a District Court, and summarizes and analyzes the Court's decision in Teva Pharms. USA Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc.