Rush to Judgment? Trial Length and Outcomes in Patent Cases

41 American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, 169 (2013)

Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2217690

36 Pages Posted: 14 Feb 2013 Last revised: 24 Apr 2020

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Mark A. Lemley

Stanford Law School

Jamie Kendall

Stanford Law School

Clint Martin

Google Inc

Date Written: August 17, 2012

Abstract

We conduct a comprehensive study of all patent trials over the past eleven years. We find that juries are more favorable to patentees than judges, that (to our surprise) the length of a trial has no effect on its outcome, and that there are surprisingly modest differences between patentee win rates in favored jurisdictions like Delaware and the Eastern District of Texas.

Suggested Citation

Lemley, Mark A. and Kendall, Jamie and Martin, Clint, Rush to Judgment? Trial Length and Outcomes in Patent Cases (August 17, 2012). 41 American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, 169 (2013), Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2217690, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2217690 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2217690

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Jamie Kendall

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Clint Martin

Google Inc ( email )

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