Patent Expertise Will Aid Fed. Cir. Role, Stark Tells Panel (1)

Handling 2,400 patent cases as a trial court judge will help equip Judge Leonard Stark to fill the hole left by the exit of Judge Kathleen M. O’Malley from the nation’s top patent court, Stark told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

That number includes 63 patent cases that have gone to trial, Stark, President Joe Biden’s pick for the upcoming vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, said during his confirmation hearing.

Stark has served since 2010 on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, one of the busiest trial court dockets in the country ...