Judge Albright's Latest Changes To His Order Governing Procedures

Judge Albright issued multiple standing orders on March 7, 2022, changing various procedural requirements for litigating patent cases in his court.

Here are the highlights:

• NOTICES OF READINESS.  In all cases, parties must jointly file a Case Readiness Status Report ("CRSR") in the format found here in Exhibit A. They must do so (a) within seven days after the defendant (or at least one defendant among a group of related defendants sued together) has responded to the initial pleadings in cases where there are no CRSR Related Cases or (b) when there are CRSR Related Cases, within seven days after the last defendant (or last defendant group when at least one defendant among the group has responded) among the CRSR Related Cases has responded to the initial pleadings. The CRSR must be filed in each case and identify all other CRSR Related Cases. Cases shall be considered CRSR Related Cases when they meet both of these criteria: (1) the cases are filed within