Kathleen McDonald O'Malley

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit circuit Retired 2022 · served 2010–2022 Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic) 26 signed orders read

Judge O'Malley no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Lazaro v. Department of Veterans Affairs
2011-3190 · 2012-02-02
Appeal (petitioner (Manuel Lazaro, veteran applicant)) Granted

“VACATED AND REMANDED.”

VirnetX Inc. v. Apple, Inc.
2017-2490, 2017-2494 · 2018-12-10
Appeal (appellant (VirnetX Inc., patent owner)) Denied

“AFFIRMED”

Target Training International, Ltd. v. Extended DISC International, Ltd.
· 2016-04-22
Appeal (appellant (Target Training International, Ltd., patentee)) Denied

“Because the suit is moot, we need not reach the issue of personal jurisdiction. We, therefore, affirm. AFFIRMED”

International Securities Exchange, LLC v. Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
· 2016-03-25
Appeal (appellant (International Securities Exchange, LLC, review petitioner)) Moot / procedural

“We dismiss the appeal and vacate the Board's decisions. DISMISSED”

Sigvaris, Inc. v. United States
2017-2237 · 2018-08-16
Appeal (appellant (Sigvaris, Inc., importer)) Denied

“We therefore affirm. AFFIRMED”

Laerdal Medical Corp. v. International Trade Commission
2017-2445 · 2018-12-07
Petition for review (petitioner (Laerdal Medical Corp. and Laerdal Medical AS, complainant)) Granted in part

“REVERSED IN PART, VACATED IN PART, AND REMANDED”

Scott v. Wilkie
2018-1535 · 2019-04-15
Appeal (appellant (John B. Scott, veteran)) Granted

“VACATED AND REMANDED”

Cerwonka v. Department of Veterans Affairs
2018-1398 · 2019-02-13
Appeal (petitioner (Eric Cerwonka, removed federal employee)) Denied

“AFFIRMED”

Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 v. TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd.
2019-2215 · 2020-08-04
Appeal (appellant (TCL Communication Technology, accused infringer)) Denied

“AFFIRMED”

Canadian Solar, Inc. v. United States
2017-2577 · 2019-03-12
Appeal (appellants (Canadian Solar and affiliated solar manufacturers/exporters)) Denied

“AFFIRMED”

JKB Solutions and Services, LLC v. United States
2021-1257 · 2021-11-17
Appeal (appellant (JKB Solutions and Services, LLC, contractor)) Granted

“VACATED AND REMANDED”

Samsung Electronics Co. v. Infobridge Pte. Ltd.
2018-2007, 2018-2012 · 2019-07-12
Appeal (appellant (Samsung Electronics Co., review petitioner)) Granted

“VACATED AND REMANDED”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Circuit judges do not carry a trial caseload; not enumerated. Her earlier N.D. Ohio district caseload is a separate unbuilt era.

A historical record

Judge O'Malley no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.