The Eastern District of Texas: Still Alive with Patent Litigation, presented at a Morgan Lewis Seminar, Palo Alto

The Eastern District of Texas remains among the most active venues for patent litigation cases. As venue transfer laws and shrinking litigation budgets present new challenges, defendants must be aware of the best strategies to meet their business objectives.

This seminar addressed the following:

• Implication of In re Volkswagen on venue transfers
• Latest statistics on filings, trial settings, and dispositions in the Eastern District of Texas
• Maximizing the benefits and minimizing the downsides of joint defense groups
• Defending against willful infringement post-Seagate
• Controlling costs in patent litigation