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Although this blog typically focuses on decisions rendered in intellectual property and/or antitrust cases currently in or that originated in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware…
Continue Reading Federal Court Rules that Artificial Intelligence Cannot Be an Inventor under the Patent Act

Due to the pandemic, the District Court entered an Order today cancelling all criminal and civil jury trials in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware until…
Continue Reading Court Enters Order Cancelling Civil and Criminal Jury Trials in the District of Delaware Until On or After April 5, 2021 Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

By Order dated June 15, 2020 and issued by Chief Judge Stark, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware issued and adopted its re-opening guidelines that includes…
Continue Reading District of Delaware Adopts Re-Opening Guidelines and Will Commence Phase One Operations on June 17, 2020

With courts across the United States in different and various stages of re-opening to get back to some level of normalcy under the exigent circumstances created by the global coronavirus…
Continue Reading Update on Court Operations in Delaware (both Federal and State) Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 – as of May 30, 2020

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Malvern Panalytical, Inc. v. TA Instruments-Waters, LLC et al., Civil Action No. 19-2157-RGA (D.Del., May 5, 2020), the…
Continue Reading Judge Andrews Grants Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Willfulness and Contributory Infringement Claims in Patent Infringement Action

By Order entered by Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark on January 31, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware added three Delaware attorneys to its Special…
Continue Reading Three Delaware Attorneys Added by Court to Special Masters Panel in Complex Civil Cases in District of Delaware

The United States District Court for the District of Delaware has announced new procedures for assignment of cases to Senior Judge Gregory M. Sleet in light of Judge Sleet’s retirement…
Continue Reading United States District Court for the District of Delaware Announces New Procedures for Assignment of Cases to Senior Judge Sleet

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in The Gillette Co. v. Dollar Shave Club, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 15-1158-LPS-CJB (D.Del. August 7, 2017),…
Continue Reading Chief Judge Stark Overrules Parties’ Objections, Adopts Judge Burke’s Order Denying Defendants’ Motion to Stay Pending Arbitration and Denies Plaintiff’s Motion to Enjoin Arbitration