If you’ve ever wondered how and why Judge Alan D Albright - of the Western District Texas - became America’s go-to judge for patent cases, you don’t want to miss this episode.
Before Judge Albright was confirmed in 2018, less than 10 patent cases had been filed in Waco district in its entire history. In 2020 alone, he took on almost 800 new patent cases, accounting for 20% of all new patent cases filed in the US last year.
“Having practised all those years, I get that 99% of the time, while it may appear that the dispute is trivial, it's really important. It's very binary, and whatever I rule is going to drop, not maybe dramatically, but it's going to have an impact.”
This episode covers why Judge Albright loves handling patent cases, his plans for handling a growing docket, and his views on how a judge should handle a patent case and what makes an effective patent litigation counsel.
“The best math teacher you're ever going to have is someone who really understands math, so that when they're explaining it to you, they make it simple enough for you to understand. It's the same with patent cases. Which is, find unicorns who have such a high level of technical understanding that they can then teach it to a jury through the witnesses.”
Judge Albright is as transparent in this episode as he is in the courtroom. So if you’re wondering how to make your case more efficient, how you can clerk for him, or why it’s easier to predict where to be struck by lightning than how to become a district court judge, don’t miss him on this week’s Clause 8.
On today’s podcast:
Links:
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Europe's New Unified Patent Court: Exclusive Interview with Judge Michael Fleuchaus
Resetting the Narrative on IP Rights in America
Matteo Sabattini on Licensing Igniting Virtuous Cycle of Innovation
Ed Murgitroyd on Disrupting IP Legal Services & Lessons from his Dad
Ofinno: The Little SEP Engine That Could
Kfir Luzzatto: Bring Amit Soussana Home
Time to Embrace Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) & AI Future
Exclusive Interview with Judge Pauline Newman’s Attorney Greg Dolin
SPECIAL EP: If Twitter Sues…with Gaston Kroub
Ex-USPTO GC Nick Matich on Rulemaking & the PTAB
Shawn Lillemo on Building Software Tools for a Patent Firm
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