Federal Courts

Litigation, often thought to be driven by financial gain, is frequently driven by vengeance. Litigation and its precursor claim presentation are frequently driven by emotion such as vengeance not reason not even financial gain. Even in the most seemingly pedestrian disputes between companies the underlying motivation for the claim or the defense is personal satisfaction […]

JUDGE ERROR MAKES PREDICTION OF CASE OUTCOME DIFFICULT Judge error makes predicting outcome of case difficult if not impossible. The usual reasons given are the uncertainty of the evidence available, the believability of the witnesses, the obscurity of the law applicable, the quality of representation, the unknown biases of the fact finder and so on. […]

The Federal Court system is open to a party with issues under Federal law.  The Federal Courts are the only forum in the United States to hear patent and copyright cases.  Trademark cases may be brought to the Federal Courts. The general comments above on State Courts is applicable to the Federal Courts with the […]