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Intellectual Property

Jul. 19, 2016

California law professors back patent venue reform legislation

Fourteen California-based professors are among a larger group that recently penned a letter urging U.S. policymakers to reform policy that puts a "staggering" number of patent cases in a select few federal courts.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Fourteen California-based professors are among a larger group that recently penned a letter urging U.S. policymakers to reform policy that puts a "staggering" number of patent cases in a select few federal courts.

"The numbers are pretty startling in terms of the numbers of patent litigation concentrated in one district," said Peter Lee, a UC Davis School of Law professo...

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