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Posted On: 02/19/2019 12:54:02 PM
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Interesting quotes from the article that zpaul just posted.
It sounds like we're definitely not alone, in that the Federal Circuit Court has made similar Rule 36 rulings in 50% of their cases. It may not even be corruption (paid off judges), but rather a way of passing the buck (shirking responsibility) to manage their heavy court case load.
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/02/14/federal-.../id=78261/
It sounds like we're definitely not alone, in that the Federal Circuit Court has made similar Rule 36 rulings in 50% of their cases. It may not even be corruption (paid off judges), but rather a way of passing the buck (shirking responsibility) to manage their heavy court case load.
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By using Rule 36 in nearly 50% of cases, the Federal Circuit seems to be unnecessarily calling into question the integrity of the judicial process.
Perhaps it is time to call a spade a spade and recognize what is really going on here. The Federal Circuit is using Rule 36 as a means of managing a docket that is increasingly out of control.
Hiding behind this procedural tool that makes their docket more manageable only allows the real problems facing the patent system to fester like an open wound.
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/02/14/federal-.../id=78261/
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