The fate of high-stakes legal battles over intellectual property law is the prize for those in the early jockeying to fill looming vacancies for as many as half of the 12 judges on the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Although the circuit has no current openings, eight of the court’s 12 judges will be eligible to retire or take senior status in the less than two years — and up to six of the eight can be expected to make the move, according to Chief Judge Paul Michel, who oversees the court.
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