Forum shopping is problematic because it may lead to forum selling. For diverse motives,
including prestige, local benefits, or re-election, some judges want to hear more cases …

The Federal Circuit's aggressive use of the extraordinary writ of mandamus is making
headlines.'Under the final judgment rule, litigants in federal court must typically wait to …

Many observers believe the American patent system is in crisis. 1 Complaints are often
aimed at the US Patent and Trademark Office (" PTO"), which, by many accounts, issues too …

John Coleridge's words capture the struggle many courts face when interpreting a statute
with subjective language. Often, the ambiguity is necessary because it is difficult to write a …

Forum shopping is widespread in patent litigation because there are clear differences in
outcomes among the various federal districts. An accused patent infringer that is sued in a …

Although the vast majority of patent cases settle before trial, the fact that a jury waits at the
end of the road affects most aspects of patent litigation. The possibility of jury trial influences …

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 …

Forum shopping-the exercise of strategic choice between multiple jurisdictions in the pursuit
of legal action-endures as a vexing institutional feature of the American court system, as well …

With the multi-billion dollar generic pharmaceutical industry growing annually, litigation
under the Hatch-Waxman Act—the legislation that expedited the Food & Drug …

Forum shopping is problematic because it may lead to forum selling. For diverse motives,
including prestige, local benefits, or re-election, some judges want to hear more cases …