Mueller on Patent Law is a two-volume comprehensive patent law treatise published in print and digital formats by Fastcase/Full Court Press.
Each volume is updated annually. Mueller on Patent Law is a two-volume comprehensive patent law treatise published since 2021 by Fastcase/Full Court Press. The treatise is geared for patent practitioners and academics. Volume I (first published 2012) covers patentability and USPTO procedures. Volume II (first published 2014) covers patent infringement, defenses, and the AIA-implemented post-grant
01/02/2026
Happy New Year! Click the URL to access my summaries of the 96 precedential law opinions and orders issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2025:https://chisum-patent-academy.com/wp-content/uploads/Federal-Circuit-2025-Tweet-Cheat-Sheet-31Dec2025.pdf
11/17/2025
Don and I were honored to be part of the 4th annual IP and Innovation Law Conference last Friday at Cleveland State University College of Law. We had a blast conversing on how the Chevy Vega, time capsules, Occam’s razor, and The Mikado all relate to our patent system as it’s changed over the past 50 years.
L to R: Karl Maersch, Donald Shelby Chisum, Janice Mueller, Steven Auvil, Dennis Crouch, Christa Laser.
03/17/2025
Join the Garth Newel Piano Quartet for an extraordinary musical journey in Kentucky! They'll perform at 3pm on Sunday, April 13, UK Singletary Center. Experience the beauty and passion of live chamber performance!
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01/01/2025
Here's my 2024 Federal Circuit Tweet Cheat Sheet:
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09/27/2024
The Chisum Patent Academy held an Advanced Patent Law CLE seminar on September 26-27, 2024 at the Cincinnati, Ohio offices of Frost Brown Todd. Pictured from L to R: John Bieber, Jon Siderits, Todd Spears, John Bennett, Alex Czanik, Janice Mueller, Kevin Parks, Don Chisum, Duke Haugh, and Seth Voit. Not pictured: Paul Linden, Dr. tech. Christoph Klemmt. A big thanks to FBT for hosting, and to all our new alums for their active participation and shared insights into complex current issues in patent law.
07/25/2024
I'm pleased to announce that the 7th edition of my single-volume law hornbook is now available from Aspen Publishing, in print or e-book formats: https://aspenpublishing.com/products/mueller-patents7
Detailed Table of Contents:https://assets.ctfassets.net/exvcr1lfm0et/1NN4PAgBlf8kZ3hTO8dleJ/a481a5c6a397e1807d2e5b91f40bd1ec/9798892072823__Muller_Aspen_Treatise_for_Patent_Law_7E_TOC.pdf
Comment on LKQ en banc and our September seminar:
Interesting new Federal Circuit opinion about standing to sue of a patentee who defaulted on its loan agreement:
TWEET1: IT v Zebra 5/1 holds patentee IT’s loan default gave its secured creditor the *option* to license patent but didn’t auto-divest IT of *all* exclusionary rights. IT still has Art III standing (injury in fact) to sue Zebra for patent infringement. WDTex (Albright) reversed.
TWEET2: NB: does *not* decide the distinct issue whether in default IT is still a 35 USC 281 “patentee” with “statutory standing.” If not, IT could cure this non-jurisdictional defect by joinder (unlike a lack of Constitutional standing).
Intellectual Tech LLC v Zebra Techs. (Fed. Cir. May 1, 2024) (Prost, J.),
12/22/2023
Join us in March 2024 for the next Chisum Patent Academy Roundtable Seminar!
December 21, 2023 https://chisum-patent-academy.com/patent-law-seminars-alexandria-virginia-march-2024/