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Chief Judge Rader and the State of Patent Litigation

September 28, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Discovery, Jurisdiction and Venue, Patent, Summary Judgment 

Following a lively rendition of “Deep in the Heart of Texas” (likely as penance for favoring the Redskins in the game against the Cowboys on Monday night), Chief Judge Randall Rader presented a talk on the state of patent litigation yesterday (September 27, 2011) at the Eastern District of Texas/Federal Circuit Bench Bar Conference that [...]

Judge Lynn Sits by Designation on Ninth Circuit and Considers Jurisdiction Based on Online Activities

August 18, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Barbara M. G. Lynn, Jurisdiction and Venue 

Judge Barbara M. Lynn recently sat by designation on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. On August 8, 2011, the appellate panel of Judge Lynn, along with Kim McLane Wardlaw and Judge William A. Fletcher, issued a pair of decisions clarifying the standard to sue a non-resident company in California based on its online activities. [...]