Intellectual Property
Sep. 7, 2012
Pilot program just in time for red-hot patent cases in California's federal trial courts
Even without Congressional funding, a pilot program designed to funnel patent lawsuits to judges with expertise already is having an impact on how California federal courts handle the litigation.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh hit the judicial equivalent of the jackpot when she was randomly drawn to hear one of the biggest cases of the year, the patent infringement slugfest between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
She had been on the federal bench only since 2010, but was suddenly one of the most-watched jurists in the country as top lawyers went at it in her courtroom in...
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