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This video from Austin Meyer (creator of X-Plane) is pretty eye-opening: https://youtu.be/sG9UMMq2dz4 https://youtu.be/sG9UMMq2dz4 Apparently there are TWO ju

This video from Austin Meyer (creator of X-Plane) is pretty eye-opening: https://youtu.be/sG9UMMq2dz4 https://youtu.be/sG9UMMq2dz4 Apparently there are TWO judges in the district, BOTH of whose own sons are lawyers in the same district. And BOTH sons handle a lot of the patent litigation, in front of their own fathers, the judges. Pretty incredible. Watch the video starting at about 5 minutes to see it.

devoply 10y ago
sounds like a plot of a movie. brother vs brother in front of their father.
- hexane360 10y ago
  Well the brothers are always the ones prosecuting.
- optimuspaul 10y ago
  With their long lost half sister is on the jury and their mother is the Bailiff. I'd watch that if there was nothing else on.
  - haikuginger 10y ago
    Hell, I'd watch that even if there was other stuff on.
corysama 10y ago
More info from the same person http://www.thepatentscam.com http://www.thepatentscam.com
ptaipale 10y ago
Is that legal in the United States? I am astonished.
- AnimalMuppet 10y ago
  It ought to be automatic grounds for an appeal. On the other hand, then you have to afford not only the trial, but also the appeal, before you can get the baseless lawsuit to go away...
  - ptaipale 10y ago
    Over here it would mean a criminal investigation against the judge and dismissal.
    - AnimalMuppet 10y ago
      That would be better, yes. Out of curiosity, where's "over here"?
      - ptaipale 10y ago
        Finland, northern Europe. I'm fairly sure it would be the same in Sweden or Germany. The principle that a judge may not rule on a case where his close relative is an attorney seems to fairly universal. I don't understand how that could be accepted in Texas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification
lostboys67 10y ago
How does having such a close relative appear before a Judge even pass the most basic legal ethics test. Judges and Lawyers need to be like Casers wife above suspicion

devoply 10y ago

sounds like a plot of a movie. brother vs brother in front of their father.

hexane360 10y ago
Well the brothers are always the ones prosecuting.
optimuspaul 10y ago
With their long lost half sister is on the jury and their mother is the Bailiff. I'd watch that if there was nothing else on.
- haikuginger 10y ago
  Hell, I'd watch that even if there was other stuff on.

corysama 10y ago

More info from the same person http://www.thepatentscam.com http://www.thepatentscam.com

ptaipale 10y ago

Is that legal in the United States? I am astonished.

AnimalMuppet 10y ago
It ought to be automatic grounds for an appeal. On the other hand, then you have to afford not only the trial, but also the appeal, before you can get the baseless lawsuit to go away...
- ptaipale 10y ago
  Over here it would mean a criminal investigation against the judge and dismissal.
  - AnimalMuppet 10y ago
    That would be better, yes. Out of curiosity, where's "over here"?
    - ptaipale 10y ago
      Finland, northern Europe. I'm fairly sure it would be the same in Sweden or Germany. The principle that a judge may not rule on a case where his close relative is an attorney seems to fairly universal. I don't understand how that could be accepted in Texas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification

lostboys67 10y ago

How does having such a close relative appear before a Judge even pass the most basic legal ethics test. Judges and Lawyers need to be like Casers wife above suspicion