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In the end Hough's acidulous protest, which Parker called the `` now somewhat famous note on this ' Selden ' case '', did not go unheeded.
In 1912 the United States Supreme Court adopted a new set of rules of equity which became effective on February 1, 1913.
The revised procedure was acclaimed as a long-overdue reform.
Under the new rules, testimony is taken orally in open court in all cases except those of an extraordinary character.
Other expeditious methods are designed to prevent prolixity, limit delays, and reduce the expense of infringement suits.
One of the A.L.A.M. lawyers observed that if the Selden case had been tried under this simplified procedure, the testimony which filled more than a score of volumes, `` at a minimum cost of $1 a page for publication alone, could have been contained in one volume ''.
While patent suits are still among the most complex and expensive forms of litigation, these rules have saved litigants uncounted sums of money.
There is little doubt that they were promulgated by the Supreme Court as a direct result of the Selden patent suit.

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