Delaware Chief Judge Targets Funding Disclosures in Patent Cases

Personal injury attorney Jimmy Chong was unknown in the patent world before 2019, when he burst onto the Delaware federal court scene, filing nearly 800 infringement lawsuits there in the last three years.

Now, Chong finds himself summoned to a series of hearings in one of the nation’s busiest patent courts—with the first set for Friday—probing whether his clients obscured financial ties that could impact the direction of cases against defendants that include global IT services firm Ingram Micro and Swiss automation congolomerate ABB Inc.

Delaware Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly has called Chong, William P. Ramey of Texas IP ...