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Misjoinder Dooms SAD Scheme Patent Case–Wang v. Schedule A Defendants

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

299 limits joinder in patent cases to defendants who infringe using “the same accused product or process.” ” Congress enacted this requirement to restrict patent trolls who were filing lawsuits against defendants who had nothing in common but the allegation that they were infringing the same patent.

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TMSR Session 2: Administrative Agencies and Specialized Courts

43(B)log

We complain about costs of TM litigation but don’t like the Copyright Small Claims board; INTA represents Ps and Ds but only very sophisticated ones, united in their sophistication; could we think about a small dispute procedure? Patent troll narrative was effective. It would only increase the scatter plot.]