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Federal Litigation Resources

Below is a listing of Federal Statutes, Rules, Jury Instructions and Calendars for the Central District of California, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals:

FEDERAL COURT PRACTICE RULES

    Federal Rules of Civil Procedure --Rules of procedure for all of the federal district courts.

    Federal Rules of Evidence --Rules which govern admissable evidence for all district courts.

    U.S. Code and Statutes --Laws passed by Congress applicable throughout the U.S.

    Federal Court Cases --Applicable Federal Appeal and District Court Cases.

    Model Patent Jury Instructions --Jury Instructions for Patent Cases.

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA FEDERAL COURT

    Central District of California Federal Court  -- Local Rules  

    Central District of California Federal Court -- Judges and Their Procedures 

    Master Calendar for All Central District Judges for Federal District Courts of California

    Unofficial Electronic Filing Procedures Manual for Central District of California

FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS (CAFC)

    Rules of Practice & Procedure for CAFC --Rules for appeal of Patent Cases to CAFC.

    Practice Forms --Forms for handling appeals to the CAFC.

    Master Calendar for CAFC Cases -- Schedule of pending cases for hearings.

    Opinions, Orders and Decisions by CAFC -- Recent cases decided by the CAFC.

NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

    Rules of Practice & Procedure with Practice Forms for Ninth Circuit

    Opinions, Orders and Decisions by Ninth Circuit 

    Manual of Model Jury Instructions for Ninth Circuit  

    Manual of Jury Trial Procedures

RECENT FEDERAL COURT IP FILINGS BY NAME OR DISTRICT -- Insert the name of a party to determine whether or not there is currently a federal court complaint involving intellectual property matters such as patent, copyright or trademark litigation.

GOOGLE SCHOLAR -- Use this resource to find articles and legal cases involving all aspects of litagation or technical articles or journals on topics related to your litigation matter.

LEXISWEB.COM -- Legal research tools for searching court cases, law review articles and numerous other sources in an easy to use and navigate manner for all types of legal research involving legal matters, particularly patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, domain name and unfair competition law.

FEDERAL COURT JUDICIAL STATISTICS  --  See the various federal court jurisdictions on how impacted they are which is helpful in motions to transfer and for determining times from filing a federal court complaint in a particular jurisdiction to trial.

LOCAL COUNSEL FILING PACKAGE  --  For those attorneys across the U.S.A. and in different countries who find their clients sued or need to sue in the Central District of California Federal Court on intellectual property claims, this helpful package provides everything necessary to use Cislo & Thomas LLP as their local counsel and help them navigate a successful resolution in the Central District Federal Court of California in Los Angeles.

OFFICER / DIRECTOR LISTINGS OF COMPANIES FOR POSSIBLE SERVICES -- This tool provides the name and places officers may be found for purposes of serving a corporate defendant.

ONLINE DATABASE THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION ON CASES INVOLVING PATENT, TRADEMARK, AND COPYRIGHT LAW  --  To information about intellectual property cases filed in the United States, use this resource to find our more information about the particular case and various cases involving intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark and copyright disputes.

Our attorneys can attend to clients' intellectual property needs from our Santa Monica, Westlake Village - Thousand Oaks and Long Beach, California offices serving Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura Counties to assist with any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, trade dress or domain name issues, as well as help other lawyers. We are intellectual property attorneys who handle all aspects of clearance, filing, prosecution, licensing, maintaining, and litigating intellectual property matters.