RRK v. Sears: Jury Instructions
RRK Holding Co. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., No. 04 C 3944, 2007 WL 495254 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 14, 2007) (Coar, J.). As promised last week, the jury instructions are now available — click here for a copy....
View ArticleNew Patent Pattern Jury Instructions
The Northern District has posted the Seventh Circuit’s new proposed pattern jury instructions for patent cases on its website — click here for a copy. The instructions include all of the recent...
View ArticleAmerican Jury Project: Preliminary Jury Instructions
I previously described the high-level findings of the Seventh Circuit’s American Jury Project – click here for that post, including links to PDFs of the report and related documents. Having discussed...
View ArticleNew Model Patent Jury Instructions
At the request of Federal Circuit Chief Judge Michel, an all-star panel was established to create a comprehensive set of model patent jury instructions — click here to download them. The panel...
View ArticleSeventh Circuit Pattern Trademark Jury Instructions
Click here for the Seventh Circuit’s new proposed pattern trademark jury instructions.* The committee that prepared the instructions included Northern District of Illinois Judges Kendall and Kennelly,...
View ArticleCourt Allows One Reference to Defendants’ Religion to Avoid Jury Bias
Lorilland Tobacco Co. v. Elston Self Service Wholesale Grocs., Inc., Case No. 03 C 4753, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 21, 2009) (Gottschall, J.). Judge Gottschall ruled upon the parties’ motions in limine...
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