Tyler Jackson

When Shari Helvey (maiden name Walker) led James Monroe to its first state girls basketball title as a player in 2001, the Mavericks became notorious

Wheeling Central's Seneca Heller, pictured during the Maroon Knights' state tournament game vs. Williamstown inside the Charleston Coliseum.

When Shari Helvey (maiden name Walker) led James Monroe to its first girls basketball state title as a player in 2001, the Mavericks became notable for being one of the

When Shari Helvey (maiden name Walker) led James Monroe to its first girls basketball title as a player in 2001, the Mavericks became notorious for being one of the few

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the disclosure of an added function in the specification of a patent should not affect the…

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment of invalidity under the pre-America Invents Act (AIA) on sale bar, holding that a third party sale to the public of a product embodying a patented method and apparatus can trigger invalidity even where details of the invention were not expressly disclosed. Definitive Holdings v. Powerteq , Case No. 24-1761 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 14, 2026) (Moore, Dyk, Cunningham , JJ.)

Addressing the scope of appellate review under the America Invents Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that challenges grounded in 35 U.S.C. § 312(a)(2)'s real-party-in-interest requirement are unreviewable where they are closely tied to the Patent Trial & Appeal Board's institution decision. Fed. Express Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc. , Case No. 24-1236 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 29, 2026) ( Hughes , Cunningham, Stark, JJ.)

Addressing when a copyright ownership claim accrues under the Copyright Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a summary judgment grant, finding that genuine disputes of material fact remained as to whether a musician's estate timely asserted joint ownership rights in certain sound recordings. The Court explained that an ownership claim accrues only when one party plainly and expressly repudiates another party's ownership.

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction in a patent infringement action, finding that the district court's

Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, United States; Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, United States;