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OCR: wher, here vacatur inimical to these important interests The Federal Circuit' decision 1n this case should bt reversed and the Philips/ /Windmere moton vacate denied. The Federal Circuit's Practice Is to Routinely Vacate the District Court Judgment Whenever Settlement Moots the Action on Appeal Instead of weighing all relevant facts and circumstances, the Federal Circuit ir the opinion below followed its con- sistently held view that [V] acatur of the judgment at trial is appropriate when settlement moots the action on appeal. Fed Data Corp SM5 Data Products Group, Inc [sic] 819 280 (Fed. Cir. 1987) Smith frt 1.c. Hughes Toot Co., 839 F.2d 663. 664 {Fed. Cir 1988) Pet Based on this precedent, the Federal Circuit focused analysis of the Philips/ Windmere motion vacate exclusively on whether ...