HubsPandemic Patent Jury Trials Report: August 2020 - September 2021
Client UpdatesLike most everything, jury trials in U.S. District Courts across the country came to a screeching halt at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since August 2020, however, patent trials have slowly started to resume. There were eight patent jury trials between August and November 2020, and thirty-three more since January 2021, following a brief shutdown of the courts after a spike in Covid-19 cases in late 2020. All but one of these trials were in-person; however, many included special procedures to account of the safety of those involved.