Intellectual Property Litigation

CLIENT NEWSLETTER: JUDGE LEONARD P. STARK CONFIRMED AS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

On August 5, 2010, the United States Senate confirmed President Obama’s nomination of Judge Leonard P. Stark to fill the vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware created by Judge Jordan’s elevation to the Third Circuit in December 2006. Judge Stark has been a magistrate judge for the District of Delaware since 2007.

In his three years as a magistrate judge, Judge Stark has presided over a patent jury trial and issued opinions in intellectual property cases on subjects ranging from discovery to claim construction and summary judgment to preliminary injunctions. This newsletter reports on a number of those cases.

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CLIENT ALERT: AMENDMENTS TO LOCAL RULES NOW EFFECTIVE

Recent amendments to the District of Delaware Local Rules became effective April 30, 2010. Two amendments are particularly significant:

Page Limits for Briefs: Local Rule 7.1.3(a)(4) has been amended so that the page limits for opening and answering briefs is now 20 pages and the page limit for reply briefs is now 10 pages.
Briefing Schedules: In light of the recent amendments to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 regarding computing time, Local Rule 7.1.2(b) has been amended so that responses to motions are now due 14 days after the motion is served, and replies in support of a motion are now due 7 days after a response has been served. Other adjustments to timing were also made in light of the amendments to Fed.R.Civ.P.6. See, e.g., D. Del. LR 7.1.4; D. Del. LR 7.1.5; D. Del. LR 16.3(d); D. Del LR 30.1.

Click here to download a full copy of the amended rules (PDF 135 KB).