Pauline Newman

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Pauline Newman
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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Tenure

1984 - Present

Years in position

41

Education

Bachelor's

Vassar College, 1947

Graduate

Columbia University, 1952

Law

New York University Law, 1958

Personal
Birthplace
New York, N.Y.


Pauline Newman is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She joined the court in 1984 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan.[1]

Education

Newman received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College in 1947, a Master's degree from Columbia-New York in 1948, and a doctorate from Yale University in 1952. Newman received her L.L.B. degree in 1958 from New York University Law School.[1]

Professional career

Judicial career

Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

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Nominee Information
Name: Pauline Newman
Court: Federal Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 28 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: January 30, 1984
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ApprovedAHearing: February 22, 1984
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ApprovedAReported: February 23, 1984 
ApprovedAConfirmed: February 27, 1984
ApprovedAVote: Voice vote

Newman was nominated to the Federal Circuit by Ronald Reagan on January 30, 1984, to a seat vacated by Judge Philip Nichols. Hearings on Newman's nomination were held in the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 22, 1984, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), on February 23, 1984. Newman was confirmed by the Senate on February 27, 1984, on a voice vote. She received her commission on February 28, 1984.[1][2]

Noteworthy cases

Podcasting patent ruled unenforceable (2017)

See also: Federal Circuit (Personal Audio LLC v. Electronic Frontier Foundation, No. 2016-1123)

On August 7, 2017, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a judgment of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) that a patent held by Personal Audio LLC entitled “System for Disseminating Media Content Representing Episodes in a Serialized Sequence” was unpatentable. The patent is often referred to as the podcasting patent. The suit was brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who alleged that the patent was unenforceable because claims were anticipated prior to Personal Audio securing the patent -- thus preventing Personal Audio from making a patentable claim on a technology they did not invent -- and that the claimed invention was too obvious in the marketplace to warrant patent protection. Writing for the panel, Judge Pauline Newman upheld the Board’s judgment, holding that the Board correctly constructed the terms of the patent under review and that the Board’s decision to render the patent unenforceable was merited under federal law.[3][4][5][6][7]

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Footnotes

Political offices
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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
1984-Present
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