U.S. District Judge Alan Albright has updated his procedures for patent cases based on experience from his two years on the bench in a district that has become one of the country’s most popular venues for such actions.
The former Bracewell LLP patent litigator became a judge in the Waco-based U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in September 2018. From the start, he’s had unusual rules for patent cases that are meant to help cases move along efficiently.
The latest version of his guidance furthers that purpose. “Most of these changes support his fundamental approach that a ...