Federal Circuit Admonishes Patent Counsel Caught Skirting Word Limit Rules

(February 16, 2024, 1:52 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Feb. 16 sua sponte per curiam order it said it “hoped not to have to write,” a panel of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals clarified that exceeding word limits through an incorporation by reference is a sanctionable offense under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28; although the court stopped short of sanctioning counsel for Comcast Cable Communications LLC for engaging in such conduct, in an opinion released in a companion case the same day, it reinstated infringement allegations against his client....