"Eschew Patent-Law Jargon," Judge Orders

Patent lawsuit briefings filled with “technical jargon and unexplained patent terms of art” increase the likelihood for “misunderstanding and outright error,” U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California told parties in a case involving patent infringement of Internet technology. “Since I am neither an electrical engineer nor a patent lawyer … the parties’ lawyers must translate technical and legal jargon into ordinary language.”