News of Note: Chicago Edition

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News of Note: Chicago Edition


First, we would be remiss not to mention that the curtain has closed on Act I of the battle between Apple and Motorola over various smartphone technology. We say “Act I,” because an appeal seems almost inevitable—and it will be interesting to see what the more pro–patent Federal Circuit has to say about Judge Posner’s bold, and novel, ruling out of the Northern District of Illinois.

Second, so long as our eyes are turned to Chicago, we pause to comment on an interesting post from our friends at the Chicago IP Litigation Blog, regarding some interesting statistics pertaining to patent litigation filings following the enactment of patent reform legislation (in the form of the “America Invents Act”). While we’ve touched before on the practical effect of the AIA, we read with some interest the additional statistics reported courtesy of BNA…in particular, the switch from ED Texas to the District of Delaware as the district of choice for patent plaintiffs (among other reasons, for the fact that, since many defendants may be incorporated in Delaware, motions to transfer—more prevalent thanks to the decrease in multi–defendant cases—have less of a fighting chance of success).

Posted by Stacy Stitham

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