Startups across the nation are on edge -- and for good reason.
A District Court judge in Delaware recently imposed rigid and burdensome disclosure requirements including on companies that sue their much larger rivals for patent infringement.
If the judge's Standing Orders survive, it will give Big Tech defendants in infringement cases a huge tactical advantage -- including improper insight into facts they are not ordinarily entitled to in discovery. Defendants can use fights over compliance with the disclosure requirements to slow cases down, delay judgments and increase plaintiffs' legal costs.
