Eastern District Facilitates Patent Cases with New Case Management Order

Chief Judge Leonard Davis of The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas signed an order Wednesday that is designed to help patent cases become more efficient and less costly.

It is the first action in the nation by a federal district court to create a special track to limit the expense of patent cases, including those filed by non-practicing entities. Many of the provisions addressed in the order are parallel to patent legislation that is currently pending in Congress.