SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROFILED AND FOCUSED SEARCHING OF LITIGATION INFORMATION

摘要

Systems and methods for profiled and focused searching of litigation info rmation allow a user to access specific legal information for use during lit igation. The user can connect to a web site and access particular informatio n from multiple sources based on the litigation task the user wishes to acco mplish One litigation task is to create a litigation profile for a target, s uch as a particular litigant, attorney, judge, court, or firm. In this way, the user can perform focused and task-based searching to receive information about particular filings in particular locations, made by particular entiti es without knowing which sources contain certain pieces of the litigation in formation. For example, the user can receive all documents relating to summa ry judgment for patent infringement filed by a particular attorney in a part icular court without specifying the source of information. In one aspect, th e user can also access the source(s) upon receiving the results.