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Patent troll lawyers are sons of East Texas judges
- Keverw 10y agoSounds like a conflict of interest. Why is a son allowed to be a lawyer where their dad is also a judge in the same jurisdiction? There should be another judge stepping in when so closely related to be fair. Just like how the president can't be from any other country in case they had to attack their own country.
- probably_wrong 10y agoI'm on mobile, so I can't watch the video. However, if it is the one that I think it is, didn't that judge retire already? Not that it makes the situation any better, but at least would require a "sons of former judge" in the title Edit: Yup, John Ward retired in 2011[1] and Leonard Davis retired in May 2015... to join an IP law firm[2]. [1] http://www.wsfirm.com/attorneys/t-john-ward/ http://www.wsfirm.com/attorneys/t-john-ward/ [2] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/east-texas-judge-who-oversaw-1700-patent-cases-joins-biggest-ip-law-firm/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/east-texas-judge-...
- teh_klev 10y agoFrom a couple of months ago by Austin Meyer (the chap in the video above): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11862476 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11862476