By Kevin E. Noonan –

In many corners, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has come under criticism, justified or not, over the performance of the Court in the second Trump Administration. Last week, the Chief took steps that should be hailed (or at least appreciated) throughout the patent law community, when he transferred the long (too long)-running dispute over Judge Pauline Newman’s suspension to the 11th Circuit.

While the transfer decision was made on August 19th, that Circuit Court announced the transfer on October 6 (see Order below).

According to IP Law360, Chief Judge William H. Pryor stated that “[c]onsideration of whether to make additional materials public prior to the conclusion of the matter will be given as appropriate.”