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Proposed Order Reins in E-Discovery in Patent Cases
By: Sean Crandall and Lonnie Schooler
If you've been involved in even moderately complex litigation with any appreciable volume of electronic data, you've lived—and loathed—the "brave new world" of electronic discovery. In such litigation, the opening discovery salvo may be a dispute over whether documents should be produced natively with complete metadata. Lawyers then spend weeks bickering over the scores of search terms to be used to filter many gigabytes of data.
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Overview of Recently Passed Patent Reform Legislation
By: Evangelina Myers and Amy Dunstan
The America Invents Act ("AIA") (H.R. 1249) was signed by President Obama on Sep. 16, 2011, which changes major areas of the current U.S. patent system. This brief overview highlights key changes.
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Patent Pilot Program Kicks Off in the Northern District of Texas
By: Sara Hollan
Through at least August 2012, all patent litigation cases filed in or transferred to the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division will be assigned to Judge Lynn, Judge Godbey or Judge Kinkeade. This change is the result of the Northern District of Texas' implementation of the Patent Pilot Program, a ten-year program designed to enhance expertise in patent cases among U.S. district judges.
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