AIA Joinder Rule Doesn't Bar Consolidation, JPML Rules

By Ryan Davis (May 3, 2012, 6:09 PM EDT) -- The joinder provision of the America Invents Act restricting multidefendant patent suits does not bar consolidated pretrial proceedings for cases involving unrelated defendants, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ruled Wednesday in litigation over Voice over Internet Protocol technology....

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