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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Feb. 13, 2009

A 'Rocket Docket' No More?

Two recent appellate decisions are likely to limit the stampede to the Eastern District of Texas for patent cases, write Stephen S. Korniczky, Aslan Baghdadi and Elizabeth M. Roesel. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By Stephen S. Korniczky, Aslan Baghdadi and Elizabeth M. Roesel

The Eastern District of Texas is famously popular as a forum for patent infringement litigation. The volume of patent cases there has exploded in recent years, growing from a mere 23 patent cases in 2000 to a whopping 371 in 2007 - more than any other U.S. district court and roughly 12.6 percent of the total patent cases filed in the United States. This growth has been ...

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