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This AI-generated image, used in one of our posts, also depicts my reaction to AI-generated writing.
This AI-generated image, used in one of our posts, also depicts my reaction to AI-generated writing. AI-Generated, displayed with permission

Here at IP/DE, we are big fans of generative AI. We've repeatedly written about AI cases, and I've been involved with speaking and writing about AI issues since 2018. We've also been using AI to create images for our posts for quite a while now, with varying levels of success.

That said, like everyone else, we're annoyed by the amount of AI-generated slop on the internet these days. The proportion of new original content seems to be rapidly shrinking, and eventually we'll be left with tiny little islands of actual material generated by living people with real feelings and experiences …

Spring flowers
Andrew E. Russell, displayed with permission

Remember that this Friday, April 18, is a court holiday. For Delaware counsel in particular, it's worth considering whether that may impact any case deadlines.

Given the upcoming holiday, and that there is typically lighter-than-usual activity in those weeks, we're taking this week off from the blog. See you next week!

Delicious Thanksgiving food made by local attorney Lauren E.M. Russell (who is also the author's wife)
Delicious Thanksgiving food made by local attorney Lauren E.M. Russell (who is also the author's wife) Andrew E. Russell

Happy Thanksgiving! Don't forget that both Thursday and Friday of this week are court holidays.

There haven't been a lot of Court orders and opinions in the last week or so, and we've been running a bit short on topics (we're always open to suggestions). Now seems like a good time for a blog break. See you next week!

An eclipse! It's a sign! Time to restart the blog.
An eclipse! It's a sign! Time to restart the blog. Andrew E. Russell, displayed with permission

About a month ago we put the blog on hold for our storm of impending trials. Some of those ultimately resolved or moved, and we still have a couple coming up in the next five weeks. But, for now, we're starting the blog up again.

We have a back log of interesting things to address—starting with a post today about Judge Hall's views on summary judgment ranking and page limits. Enjoy!

Illustration of e-mails heading towards Delaware counsels' inboxes as trial ramps up.
Illustration of e-mails heading towards Delaware counsels' inboxes as trial ramps up. AI-Generated, displayed with permission

We here at IP/DE are all practicing attorneys. We try to keep up with around one post per day, but sometimes we have to hang up the gone fishin' sign.

This is one of those times. We have a two-week-long patent trial starting next week, two simultaneous one-week trials shortly thereafter, and we're also spinning up on pretrial disclosures for yet another after that. It's funny how they seem to come all at once.

In short, it's time to call it for now. Assuming we survive—see you soon!

Christmas Tree
Andrew E. Russell, displayed with permission

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all! We'll be taking a break from posts for a bit as, historically, activity has been slow for the week between Christmas and New Year's. We'll see you in 2024!

Turkey
Turkey Saubhagya gandharv, Unsplash

Happy thanksgiving, all! We won't have posts for the rest of this week. If you're in the U.S., enjoy the holiday!

Don't forget to check your calendars for any deadlines set for this Friday. Even though the District of Delaware will be closed, deadlines may or may not automatically move to Monday (depending on whether, for example, they are set to a date certain in a scheduling order).

Who Are You
Brett Jordan, Unsplash

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.