Tag: Eastern District of Texas
One Week of TC Heartland
It’s been one week since TC Heartland was decided. I thought I’d take a preliminary look at how the decision has changed case filing strategies. In order to do so, I looked at at how many new ...
TC Heartland Attacks The Heart Of Patent Forum Shopping
The Supreme Court decided TC Heartland v. Kraft on Monday. The decision addresses a procedural point with huge effects on patent litigation.
The Problem
The basic problem before this case was tha...
Why Do Patent Trolls Love E.D. Tex.? The Answer May Surprise You!
Brian Love and James Yoon have a new paper out on the Eastern District of Texas and why patent assertion entities love it so much. The authors note that 90% of the patent cases in the Eastern District...
The Eastern District of Texas Is Still Home for Patent Trolls
(Cross-posted at Huffington Post)
The year is mostly over, so I thought I would take a look and see what’s going on in the Eastern District of Texas. The Eastern District of Texas still has more pa...
Opposition to Venue Reform Misses Target
Note: The original version of this post first appeared at IPWatchdog.
A group of 28 law professors just sent a letter to Congress opposing patent venue reform. As I’ll explain below, however, thei...
Tyler, TX Brags About Its “Friendliness” to Patent Trolls
A consortium of local businesses in the town of Tyler, Texas has a website to promote the town, and I have to admit I was stunned by the shamelessness of one of the pages on the site, entitled “IP F...
Why the Innovation Act Needs To Freeze Out the Eastern District of Texas (Part 2 of 2)
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In my last post, I told you about the Eastern District of Texas and why it’s such a popular venue...
Why We Need to Fix Venue: E.D. Texas
I (and others) have written about the Eastern District of Texas. It’s a judicial district that handles more patent cases than any other district in the country. In fact, one judge, Judge Rodney Gils...
Watch John Oliver Take on Patent Trolls: Annotated Edition
John Oliver has covered an impressive amount of tech policy issues on his weekly HBO show Last Week Tonight, the National Journal points out, and he continued this last night, discussing patents and p...