Court Has An Opportunity To Finally End The East Texas Patent Troll Docket

Posted by BernardSwiss on Nov 4, 2015 6:43 AM EDT
Techdirt; By Mike Masnick
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t's been nearly ten years since we first wrote about the East Texas district court, based in Marshall, Texas, (and Tyler, Texas) and the fact that patent trolls have been flooding that court with cases. The trolls claimed they liked East Texas because the judges worked quickly and because they "understood" patent issues. The reality, of course, is that East Texas became notorious for a few judges who were insanely pro-patent troll, and ran their cases in a manner that helped out trolls immensely. It's become a cottage industry...

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