U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
The D.C. Circuit upheld the Department of War’s exclusion of Claude from its supply chain, rejecting statutory, due-process, and First Amendment challenges.
The D.C. Circuit vacated a Copyright Royalty Board allocation because the Board did not explain how it combined two divergent valuation methods.
The D.C. Circuit upheld the DMCA exemption permitting access to medical-device software for diagnosis, maintenance, and repair as a reasoned application of copyright fair use.
The D.C. Circuit dismissed Music Choice’s petition, holding that the Copyright Royalty Board’s post hoc regulatory interpretation was neither a reviewable determination nor binding on the parties.
The D.C. Circuit held that a generic drugmaker cannot escape a Hatch-Waxman patent judgment by amending its drug application — the bar on FDA approval runs to the application number itself, not to any particular labeled indication.
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the Copyright Office’s denial of registration for a fiber optic sculpture, holding the design lacked the requisite creativity, and rejected the artist’s arguments that Jarkesy, Loper Bright, and Shira Perlmutter’s removal required a different result.
The Supreme Court declined to lift a D.C. Circuit injunction protecting the Register of Copyrights from presidential removal, leaving intact a ruling that the Register—as a legislative branch officer housed within the Library of Congress—cannot be fired by the Executive, even after SCOTUS expanded removal power over FTC and Federal Reserve officials the same week.