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Intellectual Property

Jun. 24, 2011

Central District Could See More Patent Cases

A new federal court program aimed at clustering patent cases with specially trained judges is likely to draw more marquee litigation to the Central District of California, lawyers in the practice say.


By Casey Sullivan


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A new federal court program aimed at clustering patent cases with specially trained judges is likely to draw more marquee litigation to the Central District of California, lawyers in the practice say.


While the Los Angeles-based Central District rakes in the majority of patent cases filed in the state - 1,196 copyright, patent and trademark cases between 2009 and 2010 - the two other f...

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