By Olivia T. Luk, Palash Basu, Ryan Dooley, Charles Green, Brian E. Haan, Gina Kim, & Kara L. Szpondowski | 64 Am. U. L. Rev. 735 (2015)

In 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) continued to wrestle with issues including standing, deference, laches, fee shifting, inducement, indefiniteness, claim construction, patentability, anticipation, and obviousness.  This article highlights the key cases that the Federal Circuit considered in 2014 in those areas, many of which were also considered or may be considered by the Supreme Court of the United States.