PATENT LITIGATION FUNDING

Why All This Work If Most Litigation Doesn't Actually Go to Trial? While most civil litigation - including most patent infringement litigation - does not go to trial, but is settled out of court in a private agreement among the parties, the plaintiff's legal team has to be ready to try the case before a judge and, possibly, a jury. Sometimes expert witnesses are hired, and they are even deposed, but they do not get to testify in court because the case is settled before going to trial. Attorneys on both sides have to be ready to go to trial should they not reach an out-of-court settlement. Patent litigation funding makes that level of preparedness possible... 1. Legal Fees: Attorneys and law firms that specialize in patent infringement litigation charge hundreds of dollars an hour, and it takes from a few hundred to a thousand hours or more to prepare and prosecute patent infringement litigation. Despite what happens in television dramas and in the movies, attorneys do not spend most..