Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 18, 2020
Judge declares mistrial in patent case, suspends jury due to COVID-19
A patent infringement dispute suspended proceedings and was declared a mistrial by a San Diego federal judge after three days into the matter, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered the only ongoing jury trial in the Southern District of California after just a few days, and there is no telling when attorneys will be given a second go to battle their patent dispute.
U.S. District Judge Cathy A. Bencivengo was presiding over a security software patent infringement case that entered its third day of proceedings when she declared a mistrial on Monday and sent the jury home. <...
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