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Judges and Judiciary,
Intellectual Property

Oct. 26, 2018

Central District could get its first patent specialist

For the first time, a patent specialist might serve as an Article III judge on one of the nation's busiest courts.

Central District could get its first patent specialist
Mark Scarsi, co-managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, would be California's first federal judge who is a patent specialist if the U.S. Senate approves his nomination.

LOS ANGELES -- For the first time, a patent specialist might serve as an Article III judge on one of the nation's busiest courts, with the nomination of Mark Scarsi to a seat on the Central District in Los Angeles.

Patent litigators have met the news with enthusiasm, while being careful to praise judges already on the bench who have worked diligently in a pilot program to get up to speed and handle these complex cases, an increasing ...

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