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Posts from July 2020.

Judge Albright has posted a revised Order Governing Proceedings (OGP) for Patent Cases under his Standing Orders. Here are the key changes to be aware of:

Discovery:

Venue and jurisdictional discovery permitted pre-Markman:

The Order previously stayed discovery until after the Markman hearing except for claim construction related discovery or exceptional circumstances. However, Judge Albright routinely permitted parties’ requests to conduct targeted venue and jurisdictional discovery in conjunction with such motions.  As a result, these two categories of discovery are ...

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