Intellectual Property,
Government
Nov. 5, 2021
Judge who bogarts patent cases unites senators
Senators Thom Tillis, R-NC, and Patrick Leahy, D-VT, wrote a letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asking him to direct the Judicial Conference to conduct a study of "actual and potential abuses."
A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators took aim at a Texas federal judge who handles a quarter of the nation’s pending patent infringement lawsuits and who is often challenged on decisions not to transfer cases to California district courts.
Senators Thom Tillis, R-NC, and Patrick Leahy, D-VT, wrote a letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asking him to direct the Judicial Conference to conduct a study of “actual and potentia...
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