They actually refer to it as a "rocket docket". Many of us who were around when the IDCC/ERICY suit started remember it well. IDCC filed I think in Viginina in what was considered a rocket docket court system but ERICY also filed in Texas. ERICY went to the Virgina court system and proved they filed first and the case was transfered to Texas.
Don't know how fast a rocket docket system is but the article olddog provided it said they really crank out the patent cases in Marshall.
This from the article.
"It's the last remaining rocket docket that I'm aware of, other than the ITC [International Trade Commission]," says George Schwab, a partner in Townsend and Townsend and Crew who has been traveling to Marshall once a month for the past two years.
Until about two years ago, the Eastern District of Virginia had the reputation as the rocket docket for patent litigation. Companies routinely filed there because of the quick time to trial. But lawyers say the court became so inundated, it began transferring cases to other venues.
That hasn't happened in the Eastern District of Texas, and many lawyers believe the courts will hold onto their caseload no matter how heavy it gets. And for the local bar and many out-of-towners, that's good news. "In the Marshall division, you've got two really good judges who are sticklers for going fast and getting evidence produced as cheaply and quickly as possible," McKool Smith's Baxter says. "If you have good judges and the ability to get a quick resolution, you are in hog heaven."
Market Data 
Markets 
AI
