> I'm a bit confused about why Congress made appellate jurisdiction with CAFC work they way it does with patent cases.
Economy of justice; otherwise, an appeal of a mixed case would often actually be two separate appeals to separate circuits, each of which would often make some legal decision and remand to the trial court, which would potentially have to wait for both appellate decisions before proceeding, especially if either required a new trial, since those new trials would have overlapping witnesses, etc.
Economy of justice; otherwise, an appeal of a mixed case would often actually be two separate appeals to separate circuits, each of which would often make some legal decision and remand to the trial court, which would potentially have to wait for both appellate decisions before proceeding, especially if either required a new trial, since those new trials would have overlapping witnesses, etc.