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January’s criminal law arguments – and is “party presentation” morphing into a court-controlling rule?

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. After ...
JD Supra

Astellas Case Highlights Patent Eligibility Under Section 101 and the Party Presentation Principle

In Astellas Pharma Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a sua sponte district court ruling that found Astellas’s asserted patent ineligible under Title 35 of ...
SCOTUSblog

Party presentation: A mysterious new rule?

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. The first “opinion of the court” for the 2025-26 term was a summary disposition in ...
JD Supra

Who Frames the Case? Adhering to the Party Presentation Principle

Few principles more clearly define who controls a lawsuit than the party presentation principle: courts decide cases on arguments presented by the parties, not arguments the court wishes the parties ...
IPWatchdog

CAFC Scolds District Court for Straying from ‘Party Presentation’ Principle

“Here, the district court appears to have misapprehended its role in adjudicating the issue of patentability.” – CAFC opinion The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Wednesday told ...