6 A Senate subcommittee study showed that in fiscal 1959 the median time from filing of complaint to trial in 86 federal districts was 15.3 months, and in the Southern District of New York, where many patent infringement suits are brought, the time was 26.7 months. The time between issue and trial was on the average 10.3 months in these same 86 districts, and 19.1 in the Southern District. STAFF OF SUBCOMM. ON PATENTS, TRADEMARKS & COPYRIGHTS, SENATE COMM. ON THE JUDICIARY , 86TH CONG., 2D SESs., AN ANALYSIS OF PATENT LITIGATIOx STATISTICS 3 (Comm. Print 1961).
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