Opinions — Thursday, May 14, 2026

1 opinion in the patent, trademark, design patent, and trade dress categories. Rule 36 affirmances and non-IP dispositions excluded.

Utility PatentNonprecedentialDismissed2025-1028

Spero v. Volkswagen Group of America

Panel: Moore, Prost, Cunningham

In Spero v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., the Federal Circuit dismissed as moot an appeal from a Patent Trial and Appeal Board final written decision finding claims 1–8, 10–19, 21–30, and 32–33 of U.S. Patent No. 11,208,029 unpatentable, because the court affirmed the Board's determination that all claims of the '029 patent are unpatentable in a separate appeal, Spero v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, No. 2025-1306 (Fed. Cir. May 14, 2026). No costs were awarded.