Law360, New York (October 06, 2008) -- With Columbus recently named the No. 1 up-and-coming tech city in America by Forbes, southern Ohio is seeing an increasing number of patent lawsuits. That has prompted a push for new rules to provide structure and speed to patent cases in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
A working group is currently drawing up a set of local rules for the district, which include special procedures for discovery and willfulness findings, along with a raft of scheduling...
