Federal Judge Seeks Patent Cases

Authors

Jonas Anderson, American University Washington College of LawFollow
Paul R. Gugliuzza

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

Journal

Duke Law Journal

Volume

71

Issue

2

First Page

419

Last Page

497

Abstract

That probably seems like a bizarre Craigslist ad. It’s not real—we mocked it up for this article. Still, and startlingly, it accurately portrays what’s happening in the Waco Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. One judge, appointed to the Western District only three years ago, has been advertising his courtroom through presentations to patent lawyers, comments to the media, procedural practices, and decisions in patent cases as the place to file a patent infringement lawsuit. That advertising has succeeded. In 2016 and 2017, the Waco Division received a total of five patent cases. In 2020, nearly eight hundred patent cases—more than 20 percent of all patent cases nationwide—were filed there.

Recommended Citation

Jonas Anderson & Paul R. Gugliuzza, Federal Judge Seeks Patent Cases, 71 Duke Law Journal 419 (2021).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/1987