Over the last five or more years, the Northern District has become the epicenter of intellectual property cases filed against an anonymous list of alleged infringers – often referred to as Doe defendants or Schedule A defendants – typically targeting online sellers of allegedly knock-off products. In fact, 83% of the Schedule A cases filed
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Mini-Markmans & Early Depositions: Taking Control of Patent Litigation
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Patent Litigation Tips
The biggest issue retailers – really all defendants – face in patent litigation is the cost of defense. The cost in dollars, distraction and lost time, is significant. Because of that, trolls often set settlement demands based upon defense costs and defendants often settle instead of finding a defense, even a very strong one. Of …