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1 week agoThe Catch-22 of Court Transparency: Why Public Access Needs a Dedicated Intervention Rule
The Federal Circuit has dismissed an appeal by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) seeking to unseal summary judgment briefing in a patent dispute involving standard-essential patents for cable modem technology. Entropic Communications, LLC v. Charter Communications, Inc., No. 24-1896 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 17, 2025) (nonprecedential). The CAFed held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying EFF's motion for permissive intervention as untimely under Fifth Circuit law.
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