Our First Post About An Injunction Issued In Another Country

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Tom Patterson

Apple versus Samsung.  Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy Tab 7.7, a new Android tablet, but had to remove it from a convention show and from its German website after a court in Germany issued an injunction against Samsung and in favor of Apple.  Very brief details were contained in the Engadget September 4th post by Amor Toor.  We are trying to locate the court papers and ruling for further comment.

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Patent litigators: if you need a preliminary injunction, where you file your case matters.

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Tom Patterson

LegalMetric Research reports that success rates on contested preliminary injunction motions in patent cases is 30% nationwide.  But the success rate varies by district.  California Central’s win rate is 38% and New Jersey’s win rate is 40%.  Here is the link to LegalMetric.  Its full report costs several hundred dollars.

The report includes:

    • District and individual judge analysis of over 1300 Preliminary Injunction rulings.
    • Win rates for all districts having at least one decided Preliminary Injunction Motion in patent cases.
    • Length of time from motion filing to decision for all decided Preliminary Injunction Motions in patent cases.
    • Click here to view a typical district excerpt.

 

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