Although President Barack Obama’s time in office is complete, his impact on patent litigation in the Northern District of California is only beginning to be fully felt. Between 2010 and 2014, President Obama appointed 11 of the district’s 14 current full-time district judges. Only the Southern District of New York is filled with more Obama appointees. With an average age of around 56, this group of judges will continue to make their mark on patent litigation for many years to come.
Collectively, they have already taken on more than 750 patent cases, including many of the most high-profile disputes in the country. As of March 2016, all but two of the judges had overseen a trial, and all have had to grapple with substantive patent issues. Through the same time frame, each judge had issued an average of eight Markman rulings and nine summary judgment orders.
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