Last week, I began receiving reports that the blog was sometimes inaccessible over the network at the District of Delaware courthouse—not a great look for a blog about IP litigation in Delaware with readers who regularly practice there.
I believe we've resolved the issue, but please let me know if it comes back!
As I mentioned in our other post today, the District Court's mediation program has filled the need for local patent mediators until recently. But with the suspension of that program, it occurs to me that it might be helpful for us all to have a list of currently-practicing patent mediators in the District of Delaware who may be helpful when some of the usual suspects are conflicted or unavailable.
So if you have patent, IP, or complex commercial cases in the District of Delaware and feel comfortable sharing who you've been using as mediators (anonymously or otherwise), or if you are a practiced mediator yourself and want to get your name out there, send me an e-mail.
If enough people share names, I'll do a post with those names and some of the others we've used or considered.
Just a blog service announcement: We'll be going on a bit of a blogging hiatus for the next week or two. Our firm handled a trial last week before Judge Andrews as local counsel, and we're set for three simultaneous trials this week before Judges Connolly, Andrews, and Noreika. Then we have yet another trial the week after, before visiting Judge Wolson.
If you're adding them up, that's five trials in three weeks as local counsel! So we're up to our necks in prep work, with about a dozen visiting co-counsel and staff using our offices as trial space, and we're going to have to slow down a bit on …
Last month, we took a look at how the different judges handle indefiniteness at Markman, a question that comes up a lot.
We reported that every judge will hear argument about indefiniteness issues at Markman. But in the Judge Connolly specific section, we noted that he has never held a term indefinite in a Markman opinion, and has instead deferred ruling on the issue until summary judgment (citing two examples). See the full post for details.
Yesterday, at a hearing, Judge Connolly mentioned a blog post and stated that the post was incorrect in suggesting that he considers indefiniteness at Markman. He clarified that he does not permit indefiniteness argument at Markman. Instead, he might entertain early …
