District Of Delaware's Bench In The Wake Of TC Heartland

By Karen Keller and David Fry (August 23, 2017, 11:51 AM EDT) -- As TC Heartland continues to drive more patent cases to Delaware, the federal bench is rapidly changing. One judge has retired and another has taken senior status, leaving the court with two vacant judgeships (out of its total of only four). At the same time, the number of patent cases per judgeship remains one of the largest in the country — a caseload expected to grow even larger in the wake of TC Heartland. And with no judicial nominees on the horizon to fill these vacancies, no relief is in sight....

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