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•Federal Circuit issued Rule 36 affirmance with no written opinion, indicating no reversible error found

Federal Circuit Affirms Patent Board Ruling Against 3D Surfaces in Intel Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision favoring Intel Corporation and Dell Technologies in a patent dispute with 3D Surfaces, LLC. The January 8, 2026 ruling represents a victory for the tech giants in a multi-patent invalidation case.

•Case involved four separate inter partes review proceedings challenging 3D Surfaces patents

State Court

•Nevada Supreme Court granted jurisdictional prescreening for appeal in child protection case involving three minors

Nevada Supreme Court

Nevada Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Dismissed Child Protection Case

The Nevada Supreme Court has granted jurisdictional prescreening to allow an appeal to proceed in a child protection case involving three minors and Clark County Department of Family Services against their father. The case stems from a juvenile court's dismissal of a petition for child protection under Nevada's child welfare statutes.

•Both the children and Clark County Family Services are challenging juvenile court's dismissal of protection petition

•Federal Circuit dismissed Crocs's untimely appeal challenging ITC's no-violation finding against active respondents

Federal Circuit Dismisses Crocs Appeal Against ITC Trade Ruling

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed part of Crocs Inc.'s appeal against an International Trade Commission ruling that found no violation of Section 337 trade laws. The court determined that Crocs's appeal regarding certain respondents was untimely filed.

•Court upheld ITC's limited exclusion order against defaulting respondents in Section 337 investigation

•Federal Circuit affirmed government victory in customs dispute involving import liquidation and valuation issues

Federal Circuit Affirms Government Victory in Midwest-CBK Trade Case

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling favoring the United States in a long-running customs dispute with Midwest-CBK, LLC, rejecting the company's challenge to import liquidation and valuation decisions.

•Court rejected Midwest-CBK's argument that its entries were deemed liquidated by operation of law

State Court

•Nevada Supreme Court reversed lower court's quiet title judgment favoring HOA foreclosure buyer

Nevada Supreme Court

Nevada High Court Reverses HOA Foreclosure Title in Deutsche Bank Case

The Nevada Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision that had quieted title in favor of Collegium Fund LLC Series 16, ruling that Deutsche Bank's first deed of trust remained valid after an HOA foreclosure sale where the homeowner had paid off the superpriority lien.

•Homeowner payments before sale converted superpriority lien foreclosure to subpriority lien sale

•Federal Circuit affirmed TTAB's refusal to register 'ALL RISE' and 'HERE COMES THE JUDGE' trademarks

Federal Circuit Upholds Trademark Denial for Baseball Catchphrases

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision refusing registration of trademark applications for baseball-related phrases including 'ALL RISE' and 'HERE COMES THE JUDGE.' Michael P. Chisena, representing himself pro se, unsuccessfully challenged the denial in a case involving the Major League Baseball Players Association and Yankees star Aaron Judge.

•Pro se appellant Michael Chisena lost against MLB Players Association and Aaron Judge

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

3rd Circuit Upholds 24-Year Sentence in Major Drug Conspiracy Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the conviction and 24-year prison sentence of Christopher Texidor, who led a drug trafficking organization that moved nearly 3,000 kilograms of marijuana from California to Pennsylvania. The court rejected all of Texidor's sentencing challenges in a decision issued Jan. 8.

•Christopher Texidor received 292 months for drug trafficking and firearm offenses, plus 240 months concurrent for wire fraud

•Third Circuit rejected all appeals challenging leadership enhancement and sentence length

•Federal Circuit affirmed dismissal of challenge to Russian sanctions affecting plaintiff's bank shares

Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Sanctions Challenge in Tindall v. US

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of James Tindall's challenge to Russian sanctions that blocked his shares in a state-owned bank. The court upheld the Claims Court's ruling on res judicata grounds.

•Court upheld res judicata ruling, indicating plaintiff previously litigated similar claims

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

11th Circuit Affirms 96-Month Bank Fraud Sentence for Alabama Attorney

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a 96-month federal sentence for Anna Michelle La Rue, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud while working as an office manager at an Alabama law firm. La Rue had challenged the upward variance from sentencing guidelines as substantively unreasonable.

•Eleventh Circuit affirmed 96-month sentence for bank fraud committed while working at Alabama law firm

•Defendant challenged upward variance from guidelines as substantively unreasonable under federal law