Tag: venue

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...

I was on a panel the other day discussing patent reform, and a funny thing happened. While we disagreed about a number of aspects of patent reform, basically everyone on the panel agreed that it’s r...

[caption id="attachment_5222" align="alignleft" width="300"] The ice rink in Marshall, TX[/caption] In my last post, I told you about the Eastern District of Texas and why it’s such a popular venue...

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...