Proposed Patent Local Rules for Adoption by Texas' Federal District Courts

Authors

• Alfonso Garcia Chan

Abstract

This paper proposes a set of local rules to govern patent cases litigated in Texas' U.S. District Courts. The Proposed Patent Local Rules combine the patent rules implemented by U.S. District Judge T. John Ward of the Eastern District of Texas and the most-recent version of the Patent Local Rules of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The Proposed Patent Local Rules also incorporate comments from the Litigation Committee of the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section. The Rules build upon the successes of existing rules in these other courts and can provide trial courts with an effective means for fairly and efficiently conducting pretrial proceedings in patent cases.

Recommended Citation

Alfonso Garcia Chan, Proposed Patent Local Rules for Adoption by Texas' Federal District Courts, 7 Computer L. Rev. & Tech. J. 149 (2003)