Litigation Links
Public
Access to Court Electronic Records
(PACER) is an electronic public access service that allows users
to obtain case and docket information from Federal Appellate,
District and Bankruptcy courts, and from the U.S. Party/Case Index.
While registration and payment
is required, the fees are minimal, and the amount of easily
accessible information about prior and ongoing lawsuits is
tremendous.
Since
its creation in 1982, the
Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit
hears all patent appeals.
Recent precedential
opinions are published on the Federal Circuit website.
Georgetown University publishes important Federal Circuit
opinions on the internet, free of charge, in a searchable format, as
does Emory University
(no longer updated).
Certain opinions of the
Trademark Trial
and Appeal Board are available on the internet
in a searchable database through this
link.
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