Happy New Year, and thanks to everyone with reads, subscribes, comments, and otherwise uses PATracer. When we started the site nearly a year ago we wanted to report on pending Federal Circuit patent cases--providing information on newly filed cases, the briefs, and oral argument.
With 2008 in the books, Josh and I have reviewed PATracer and feel a few changes are needed to better meet our goals.
First, a couple observations by us:
- When we get busy at work (like we did in December with a big preliminary injunction hearing and the holidays) the frequency of our posts suffer, and it is easy to fall behind.
- Many cases are, for lack of a better description, not that interesting from a legal, procedural or factual standpoint.
- Many cases are also difficult to decipher from the ECF materials--sometimes all the good stuff in under seal, sometimes the court's opinions or explanations of rulings are downright Hobbesian: "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
- We didn't cover brief filings or oral arguments as often as we want.
In an effort to address these points we have decided on the following:
1. Nicholas Gingo, a newly minted attorney here at Renner Otto, has volunteered agreed to join us, and will be posting soon.
2. The "basic" post for most newly filed appeals will probably get a little shorter--although we will still provide links to documents and some information on each. This should make it easier to stay current and free up time so that the more interesting cases can get more detailed write-ups.
3. New logo. Many refer to us as PAT-racer, so we went with a racing motif.
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