Eastern District of Texas

Plaintiff Gets Judicial Scolding: “If This Case Is Not Exceptional, Then There Are None”

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It says a lot when the busiest patent judge in the United States calls a patent lawsuit “the clearest example of an exceptional case” he has ever seen. That is precisely what happened earlier this week, when Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas, who personally handles one-quarter of all patent cases filed […]

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EXTRA EXTRA: Attorney Abides By Rules Of Professional Conduct; No Discipline Imposed

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Attorney disciplinary matters involving illegal, immoral, incompetent, negligent, unprofessional, or unethical behavior by intellectual property practitioners are a frequent source of news in the IP media outlets. When an attorney does not violate the ethics rules, that fact, in and of itself, is rarely the subject of discussion. Then there are those rare occasions where

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