1.   Previously, all patent litigation, other than hearings before the Comptroller, was dealt with in the Chancery Division of the High Court.

2.   And a rise in bad patents is usually followed by a rise in patent litigation, especially in a high-stakes industry such as biotechnology.

3.   At issue is the practice of accepting a payment from a branded drug company to delay the introduction of a competing generic or to avoid patent litigation.

4.   But what if this type of prior-art policing does not work and technological innovation starts sinking in a quicksand of patent litigation?

5.   Complicating any deal, of course, is the patent litigation.

6.   For Intel, the deal might provide access to some designs worth borrowing and some Digital customers worth courting, while helping avoid potentially protracted patent litigation.

7.   In certain types of lawsuits, like patent litigation, smart lawyers with lots of money are extremely important.

8.   Legal publications reported last month that Milberg Weiss was turning its attention to patent litigation, in part because of growing competition for shareholder lawsuits.

9.   One is an increasing tendency toward patent litigation by software and technology companies.

10.   Recently people have posted comments about plans to privatize the patent agency, international copyright treaties and patent litigation.