Federal Circuit
Richard Gary Taranto
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Barack ObamaDemocratic
- Seat
- CAFC0103
- Nominated
- Jan. 4, 2013
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Feb. 7, 2013
- Senate vote
- 91–0Roll Call
- Confirmed
- March 11, 2013
- Commissioned
- March 12, 2013
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 10panel identified Sat on the panel in Versata Software, LLC v. Ford Motor Company
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Aug. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in T-Mobile US, Inc. v. Kaifi LLC
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Aug. 20panel identified Sat on the panel in Harris-Campbell v. Treasury
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Aug. 14panel identified Sat on the panel in Brimer v. Navy
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Aug. 11
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Aug. 11
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Aug. 10panel identified Sat on the panel in Dental Monitoring Sas v. Align Technology, Inc.
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Aug. 3panel identified Sat on the panel in Hepler v. Collins
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July 30panel identified Sat on the panel in Qoye v. United States
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July 30panel identified Sat on the panel in Ildico Inc. v. United States
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July 27
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July 17panel identified Sat on the panel in Kelly v. United States
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion | Board of Regents of the University of Texas v. Boston Scientific Corp. | Federal Circuit | July 27, 2026 |
| Opinion | Tracktime, LLC v. amazon.com Services LLC | Federal Circuit | July 2, 2026 |
| Opinion | Eregli Demir Ve Celik Fabrikalari T.A.S. v. Itc | Federal Circuit | June 1, 2026 |
| Opinion | McOm Ip, LLC v. City National Bank of Florida | Federal Circuit | May 15, 2026 |
| Opinion | Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Federal Circuit | May 13, 2026 |
| Opinion | Janich v. Collins | Federal Circuit | March 5, 2026 |
| Opinion | Netflix, Inc. v. Divx, LLC | Federal Circuit | Feb. 13, 2026 |
| Opinion | Apple Inc. v. Squires | Federal Circuit | Feb. 13, 2026 |
| Opinion | Gotv Streaming, LLC v. Netflix, Inc. | Federal Circuit | Feb. 9, 2026 |
| Opinion | Young v. Collins | Federal Circuit | Jan. 13, 2026 |
| Opinion | Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Mediapointe, Inc. | Federal Circuit | Nov. 25, 2025 |
| Opinion | Nutricia North America, Inc. v. United States | Federal Circuit | Nov. 17, 2025 |
| Opinion | Canatex Completion Solutions, Inc. v. Wellmatics, LLC | Federal Circuit | Nov. 12, 2025 |
| Opinion | Causam Enterprises, Inc. v. Itc | Federal Circuit | Oct. 15, 2025 |
| Opinion | Sweet Harvest Foods v. United States | Federal Circuit | Oct. 15, 2025 |
| Opinion | Causam Enterprises, Inc. v. Ecobee Technologies Ulc | Federal Circuit | Oct. 15, 2025 |
| Opinion | V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump | Federal Circuit | Aug. 29, 2025 |
| Opinion | Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. v. Alkermes Plc | Federal Circuit | July 25, 2025 |
| Opinion | Igt v. Zynga Inc. | Federal Circuit | July 22, 2025 |
| Opinion | Colibri Heart Valve LLC v. Medtronic Corevalve, LLC | Federal Circuit | July 18, 2025 |