To Stay Or Not To Stay: The Impact Of IPRs On Patent Litigation
By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21
Over the course of the past year, trial attorneys in state and federal courts have seen cases effectively stayed by COVID-related delays. COVID hampered in-person discovery and caused courts to re-set jury trial dates. Such disruptions in the timelines of cases, however, are not new to patent litigators. Even before COVID derailed many patent trials, patent cases were often stayed—or procedurally paused—pending a proceeding called inter partes review (“IPR”)......
By: Porter Hedges LLP