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- ↑ Roy Payne, Colorado Bar Association, Faculty & Author Bio.
- 1 2 Roy S. Payne, LawyerDB.com.
- 1 2 Hon. Roy Payne, U.S.M.J. United States District Court at Eastern District of Texas, Bio, American Conference Institute (ACI).
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- 1 2 Michael C. Smith, New magistrate judge selected for Marshall (September 29, 2011).
- 1 2 Robin Y. Richardson, East Texas Federal judge, magistrate judge, leave posts, Longview News-Journal (October 9, 2011).
- 1 2 John Council, New U.S. magistrate judge selected for Eastern District's Marshall Division, Texas Lawyer - Tex Parte Blog (September 28, 2011).
- ↑ Michael C. Smith, Eastern District of Texas Blog, Ever wonder which judges have construed the most claim terms? (The top 13 are also: 1. Judge Roy Payne (E.D. Tex) (4176 terms), 2. Judge Leonard Davis (E.D. Tex) (3047 terms), 3. Judge Richard G. Andrews (D. Del) (2782 terms), 4. Judge Gregory Sleet (D. Del) (2349 terms), 5. Judge T. John Ward (E.D. Tex) (2300 terms), 6. Judge Leonard Stark (D. Del) (2263 terms), 7. Judge John Love (E.D. Tex) (2247 terms), 8. Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap (E.D. Tex) (2165 terms), 9. Judge Charles Everingham (E.D. Tex) (2094 terms), 10. Judge Rudi Brewster (S.D. Cal) (1770 terms), 11. Judge Marilyn Huff (S.D. Cal) (1653 terms), 12. Judge David Folsom (E.D. Tex) (1438 terms) and 13. Judge Sue Robinson (D. Del) (1436 terms))
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- ↑ See Brian J. Love and James C. Yoon, Predictably Expensive: A Critical Look at Patent Litigation in the Eastern District of Texas, ns. 54 and 59.
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- ↑ Brian C. Howard, Lex Machina 2017 Patent Litigation Year in Review, 2017, page 16.
- 1 2 Docket Navigator, New District Court Patent Cases through 2016.
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- ↑ Michael C. Smith, Texas Lawyer - "Patent Law: Best Practices As Seen From The Bench" with Judge Gilstrap and Judge Payne - part 1, and part 2.
- ↑ Kaleigh Rogers, The Small Town Judge Who Sees a Quarter of the Nation's Patent Cases, VICE's Motherboard (May 5, 2016).
- ↑ Michael Chibib, Partner, Austin, TX, Matt Stephens, Associate, San Diego, CA, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Part 2: Section 101, Alice & Mayo – Litigation Trends for Invalidity Challenges Under Section 101 (March 8, 2016), Slide 45/46.
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