Why Intellectual Property Cases in the Northern District of Illinois?

Why Intellectual Property Cases in the Northern District of Illinois?  I expect that many people will ask that question. The answer is simple. The N.D. Ill. is and consistently has been one of the four or five most active patent courts in the country. See, e.g. Kimberly A. Moore, Forum Shopping In Patent Cases: Does Geographic Choice Affect Innovation?, 79 N.C. L. Rev. 889, 903 (2001); Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics, Tables C-2 & C-3

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