Despite widespread interest in the impact of patent assertion entities (" PAEs") on the US
patent system, there has been no publicly available dataset that categorizes more than a …

In 2007, the Supreme Court's decision in KSR v. Teleflex echoed earlier vicissitudes in the
history of patent law when the Court considerably expanded the circumstances in which a …

REINING IN making it more difficult for plaintiffs to demonstrate that a district court has venue
over a defendant. In doing so, the Supreme Court overturned twenty-seven years of patent …

Localism, Pretext, and the Color of School Dollars Page 1 Article Localism, Pretext, and the
Color of School Dollars Derek W. Blackt Introduction …

We analyze the effect of judge shopping in patent litigation following the appointment of a
former patent litigator as the sole district judge assigned to the Waco Division of the US …

A key goal of any civil-justice system is to allocate cases to courts in sensible and efficient
ways. Most systems exhibit allocative rules that rigidly and substantially limit party choice …

Abstract Research Summary Theoretically, stronger legal protection affects strategic
portfolios in two ways. As each patent becomes more effective, the gain from multiple …

The location of patent trials matters. The rise of the Eastern District of Texas as the leading
US forum for patent trials drew the attention of practitioners, I academics, 2 the national …

The way in which cases are litigated is important. When professors and lawyers read
appellate cases, they always find out how the case got there-the procedural posture. 2 …

Patents are ubiquitous in contemporary life. Practically everything we use incorporates one
or more patented inventions, and recent years have witnessed epic disputes over such …